“Il a su recueillir partout des information abondantes et sûre, et très souvent ses prédictions se réalisaient.... Voici le compliment que lui adressait le 2 Juillet, 1790, M. de la Luzerne, ambassadeur de France à Londres—‘vous dites toujours des chose extraordinaires qui se réalisent’” (idem).
[56] The king: “Pray, Mr. Morris, what part of America are you from?” Morris: “I am from near New York, sir. I have a brother who has the honor to be a lieutenant general in your Majesty’s service.” The king: “Eh! what! You’re a brother of General Morris? Yes, I think I see a likeness, but you’re much younger.”
Diary, vol. II, p. 135. Some years prior to the Revolution, his elder brother, Staats Morris, had married the Duchess of Gordon and was a lieutenant general in the British army. He was the first lieutenant colonel of the Eighty-ninth Regiment of Highlanders, the duke being a captain, and his brothers, lieutenant and ensign.
[57] “Life of Morris,” vol. I, p. 477.
[58] Diary, vol. II, p. 418.
[59] “The Homes of America,” p. 119.
[60] The house was taken down in 1905 to make way for the tracks of the New York & New Haven Railroad Company.
[61] Surrogate’s Office, New York, fol. XVIII, 62.
[62] “Bolton’s History of Westchester County,” vol. II, p. 622.
[63] Daughter of Lieutenant Robert Feake, patentee of Greenwich, Conn., and his wife Elizabeth, niece of John Winthrop.