GOUVERNEUR MORRIS (1752 - 1816) American revolutionary, member of the Continental Congress and Constitutional Convention, signer of the Constitution and creator of the terms dollar and cent. Manuscript L.S. "Gouv. Morris" 2pp. 4to., Morrisania, Mar. 2, 1809, to David Parrish regarding payments. In part: "...I consider what you say respecting the payment on the first of April or sooner to which I reply that [barring] objections which are sufficient if I chose to rely on them I will accommodate you by receiving on the first of April the sum...". Very good to fine.