Note 1217 — Chapter XI
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Robert Morris to Horatio Gates, Richmond, June 12, 1788; MS., N.Y. Pub. Lib. "James [Wilson] the Caladonian, Leut. Gen. of the myrmidons of power, under Robert [Morris] the cofferer, who with his aid-de-camp, Gouvero [Gouverneur] the cunning man, has taken the field in Virginia." (Centinel, no. 10, Jan. 12, 1788; reprinted in McMaster and Stone, 631.)
Robert Morris was in Richmond, March 21, 1788. (Morris to Independent Gazetteer on that date; ib., 787, denying the charge that paper had made against him. See supra, chap. X.) He was in Richmond in May and paid John Marshall four pounds, four shillings as a "retainer." (Account Book, May 2, 1788.) He had heavy business interests in Virginia; see Braxton vs. Willing, Morris & Co. (4 Call, 288). Marshall was his lawyer.