Gouverneur Morris was elected to serve on
Gouverneur Morris was elected to serve on the drafting committee at the Constitutional Convention in Philadelphia, 1787. Morris was responsible for most of the draft, as well as its final polished form. He used a wooden leg, after a 1780 carriage accident in Philadelphia. Engraving made from a painting by Alonzo Chappel, 1863
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Mary Evans / The Everett Collection
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Courtesy Everett Collection
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