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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC01773 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to 1795 |
| Title | Robert Morris to Sylvanus Bourne discussing investment opportunities |
| Date | 30 March 1795 |
| Author | Morris, Robert (1734-1806) |
| Document Type | Business and financial document; Land transaction document |
| Content Description | Delineates his plan to make a fortune selling, settling, and improving six million acres of American frontier land to be purchased by men and women in America and Europe seeking a new place to settle. Stresses the amount of money that shareholders can make by investing in this opportunity. Notes that "Every State in the Union is filling up faster than the most knowing people suppose." Addressed to Bourne in Amsterdam. |
| Subjects | Land Transaction Frontiers and Exploration Global History and Civics Westward Expansion Finance |
| People | Morris, Robert (1734-1806) Bourne, Sylvanus (1761-1817) |
| Place written | Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
| Theme | Westward Expansion; Banking & Economics; Foreign Affairs |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859 |
| Additional Information | Signer of the U.S. Constitution. Morris formed the North American Land Company in 1795 but the company collapsed under heavy land speculations and Morris was put in debtors' jail. Bourne was commissioned vice-consul to the Netherlands in 1794. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859 |