Gouverneur
Morris
1752-1816
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Member Federal Constitution Convention . . . Member of Continental Congress (1778-1779)
. . . Put Constitution into its final literary form(1787) . . . Wrote two commentaries
on the Constitution (1790 and 1791) . . . New York Senator (1800-1803) . . . Chairman
of the Erie Canal Commission (1810-1813)
"Religion is the solid basis of good morals; therefore education should teach the precepts of religion, and the duties of man toward God."[1,43]