To Secure the Blessings of Liberty: Selected Writings of Gouverneur Morris

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To Secure the Blessings of Liberty Selected Writings of Gouverneur Morris To Secure the Blessings of Liberty Selected Writings of Gouverneur Morris • EditEd and with an introduction by J. Jackson Barlow LibErty Fund | Indianapolis This book is published by Liberty Fund, Inc., a foundation established to encourage study of the ideal of a society of free and responsible individuals. The cuneiform inscription that serves as our logo and as the design motif for our endpapers is the earliest-known written appearance of the word “freedom” (amagi), or “liberty.” It is taken from a clay document written about 2300 b.c. in the Sumerian city-state of Lagash. Introduction, editorial additions, and index © 2012 by Liberty Fund, Inc. Cover and frontispiece: Portrait of Gouverneur Morris, 1810, by James Sharples, the Elder, from the National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution/Art Resource, New York. Gift of Miss Ethel Turnbull in memory of her brothers, John Turnbull and Gouverneur Morris Wilkins Turnbull. All rights reserved Printed in the United States of America c 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 P 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Morris, Gouverneur, 1752–1816. To secure the blessings of liberty: selected writings of Gouverneur Morris Edited and with an introduction by J. Jackson Barlow. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. iSbn 978-0-86597-834-8 (hc: alk. paper)— iSbn 978-0-86597-835-5 (pbk.: alk. paper) 1. United States—History—Colonial period, ca. 1600–1775—Sources. 2. United States—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Sources. 3. United States—History—1783–1815—Sources. 4. United States—Politics and government—1775–1783—Sources. 5. United States—Politics and government—1783–1865—Sources. 6. Morris, Gouverneur, 1752–1816. I. Barlow, J. Jackson. II. Title. E302.6.M7a4 2012 973.2—dc23 LibErty Fund, Inc. 8335 Allison Pointe Trail, Suite 300 Indianapolis, Indiana 46250-1684 ...