rebel," and that " they are not fashionable among the folks you see." He expresses love for some of his relatives, who are sympathizers with the British.

In this connection it nuiy be well to note that before the close of the war, his mother was dangerously ill. He obtained permission to visit her through the British commander at New York ; but the newspaj)ers took the matter up. They censured the project unless he went inside the enemy's lines clothed with some governmental mission. He was forced by the advice of his friends to forego the visit. About this time he printed his " Observations on the American Revolution," which were published in London.

Dominie Tetard, of New Rochelle, having instructed the boy Morris in the French language, the latter was selected by Congress as the proper person to confer with M. Geraud, the French minister, with a view to drafting the instructions for Benjamin Franklin, the first American minister to France. In 1779 he took a prominent part in the debates in Congress with reference to the terms of peace with Great Britain, which were then under discussion, and was also chairman of the committee which had that matter in charge. But his labors in national affairs were so extensive that he was charged with neglecting his duties to his State, and in 1779-80 he was not returned as a member from New York. During the time of his service as a Congressman, though serving as chairman of three committees and performing the duties above referred to, he was forced to practice his profession, as his pay as a Congressman was not sufficient for his living ex]>enses. Not being returned to Congress, he [iracticed law in Pennsylvania, but still manifested a great interest in public aflfairs. In Feb- I ruary and March, 1780, he wrote a series of essays on I finance.