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Show Bronze Monument to Patriotic Banker Robert Morris Statue Will Have Final Place in Philadelphia. Robert Morris has beaten ids old friend of Revolutionary clays, Lafayette, La-fayette, from the sand pits of a bronze foundry. While the headless, armless, horseless horse-less marquis Is being pieced together In a New England foundry Into a noble, sword-waving, steed-riding hero, Morris Mor-ris is awaiting a place In Philadelphia from which to survey the passing throngs. Aften ten years and nine montlrs of designing and casting, Morris, signer of the Declaration of Independence, banker to the Colonies and a member of the convention that framed the Constitution Con-stitution of the United States, emerged i i Robert Morris, a Signer of the Declaration Declar-ation of Independence, Recreated in Bronze. recently from the casting foundry in Baltimore and took Ills stand on the pavement. Like the Lafayette statue to be erected on approval at the base of the Washington monument, discussion surrounds sur-rounds the final location of the colossal Morris bronze, the largest of its kind ever cast in Baltimore. Morris was intended in-tended for the steps of the Philadelphia Philadel-phia custom house. Some thought he would be more attractive elsewhere. Until the rhiladelphians come to an agreement Morris will calmly watch the Itoland Park cars roll by the foundry. Ten years ago the commission for the statue was given by the city of Philadelphia to Richard Brooks, an American sculptor of International reputation. rep-utation. Two years later Brooks died and the American art commission gave the contract to Paul Bartlett, called by many America's foremost sculptor. Mr. Bartlett went to New York from his Paris studio. After reading more than one hundred books relative to Morris' career and history and studying study-ing old portraits of the subject, Mr. Bartlett began modeling. Nine months ago the model reached the foundry. Special sand beds were constructed for the work. The statue Is nine feet six Inches tall and contains con-tains more than one and a half tons of bronze. Special cranes and lifting apparatus ap-paratus were Instc.Hed for the work. Morris, a Philadelphia banker, raised $1,400,000 to assist Washington In the movement that resulted In the .capture of Yorktown. lie was one of the Incorporators In-corporators of the Bank of North America, subscribing $10,000 when the government, in 1781, was In a desperate des-perate financial situation. In.USS he was elected to the United States senate. sen-ate. He also held state offices In Pennsylvania. Penn-sylvania. He declined the post of secretary sec-retary of the treasury in favor of Alexander Al-exander Hamilton. Failure of a partnership dealing In East India and China trade caused Morris to be thrown Into a debtor's cell for several years. He was liberated by the passage of the national bankrupt lf.w In 1R02. While be was a prisoner. Washington Invited Mrs. Morris to be their guest at Mount Vernon for an Indefinite In-definite period. Morris' wife was Mary White, daughter daugh-ter of Thomas White, of Maryland. He died In Philadelphia In 1S0O. |