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Thank you for printing Thomas Eddlem's excellent, factual article "Financier of Freedom" (November 18th issue) about my great-great-great-great-great-great grandfather, Robert Morris. He has been called the "forgotten patriot" by one historian.
There is one interesting fact I thought I should mention. Robert Morris is the only American ever allowed to print his own paper money. The Revolutionary Army was destitute and colonists were melting their lead clock weights and house spouts to make ammunition. In 1780, Robert Morris proposed a bank to provision the army. He printed and issued his own bonds, called ...