four or five and twenty hundred at most, here before, compose the strength of my army (the city militia excepted), but this under the rose.

"Alas, poor Lee! taken by his own imprudence! We have no distinct accounts of him; if any should arrive, Mr. Tilghman or I will communicate them to you. Insults accompanied the taking of him. Since that, I have heard that he was treated well by Lord Cornwallis, to whom he was first carried.

"The Commissary (Mr. Wharton) informs me that he cannot prevail on the millers to grind; and that the troops, in consequence, are like to suffer for want of flour. This, if I understand him, proceeds from disaffection, or an unwillingness to take Continental money in pay, which, in fact, is the same thing. This must be remedied by fair or other means.

"With sincere regard and esteem,

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“I am, dear sir, your most obedient,
"Go. WASHINGTON.

"To the Honorable ROBERT MORRIS."

from original, made by E. Waln, September 9, 1859.

ANTHONY MORRIS.

ANTHONY MORRIS, the son of Anthony Morris, was a man of character and ability. He stood high in the religious Society of Quakers, as well as in the political and business world. He was at one time a member of Assembly; and, in the year 1739, was Mayor of the city.

On a subsequent occasion, when he was elected Mayor, his successful manœuvres to avoid the office, as they are detailed in the Minutes of Councils, afford amusing evidence of the primitive simplicity of the times in which he lived.

He died, highly respected, in the year 1762.

ANTHONY MORRIS,

GRANDSON OF ANTHONY MORRIS.

THE Morris family, though belonging to the Society of Friends, were ardent supporters of the Revolution.

Captain Samuel Morris, of whom mention is hereafter made, was Captain of the First City Troop, and in that capacity was at the battle of Trenton. His brother Anthony, the subject of this notice, served as Ensign of the company, and was killed at the battle of Princeton.

His kinsman, John Morris, Jr., who was on public business at Bristol, in Bucks County, in a postscript to a letter addressed to Thomas Wharton, Esq., President of the Council of Safety, under date January 5th, 1776-7, says: "Please to inform my father that my brother, S. C. Morris, received no hurt in the battle, but that Anthony Morris received a wound with a bayonet in the neck and a bullet in the leg.'

His body was brought to Philadelphia, and was buried, on the 24th January, 1777, in Friends' Burial-Ground. No military ceremonies were observed at his funeral, his friends having obtained the consent of the General to his being so interred.

CAPTAIN SAMUEL MORRIS.

CAPTAIN MORRIS was born in Philadelphia, on the 24th of June, 1734, of Quaker parentage, and was the son of Anthony and Sarah Morris, formerly Sarah Powell, and grandson of Anthony and Phoebe Morris, formerly Phoebe Guest; and was always a useful and public-spirited citizen, serving repeatedly in the legislative department of the Province and city.

Pennsylvania Archives, vol. v, p. 162.

The early settlers of Pennsylvania brought with them the British relish for field-sports, and other out-door recreations, for the gratification of which, the sparkling streams and virgin forests of their new home offered irresistible temptations. Accordingly, fishing and hunting clubs were soon formed. "The Schuylkill Fishing Company of the State in Schuylkill," was among the earliest, if not the earliest of these organizations. It was founded in the year 1732, by a few choice spirits, who, under the mock forms of a State, with Governor and other officers, met at stated periods of the year, at the "Castle of the State in Schuylkill," on the banks of that river, at the spot now known as Egglesfield, to fish, and dine together on the product of their sport.

Mr. Morris was elected Governor of "the State in Schuylkill,” in October, 1776, and was annually re-elected until his death. The association was productive of much social good feeling. It numbered among its members, during the first hundred years of its existence, many of the prominent citizens of Philadelphia. Having celebrated its centennial anniversary on the first day of May, 1832, it still thrives in a hearty old age. An interesting memoir of the Fishing Company, from the pen of William Milnor, Esq., was published in the year 1830. It contains the following: "On the 7th of July, 1812, the good old Governor, Samuel Morris, usually distinguished by the appellation of Christian Samuel,' departed this life; having been a member for fifty-eight years, and for forty-six years the Chief Magistrate of the Colony and State; to which honorable post he was annually re-elected with perfect unanimity; respected and beloved by his endeared associates for the cheerfulness of his disposition, the benevolence of his heart, and the blandness and dignity of his manner. He was ever remarkable for studied courtesy and kindness to all invited guests. Every stated meeting of the Company attests the estimation in which this good citizen was and continues to be held, and his memory revered. After 'The memory of Washington,' which is always drank standing, 'The memory of our late worthy Governor Morris,' always succeeds."

Captain Morris was also for many years an active member of the "Gloucester Fox-Hunting Club," of which he was President from some unascertained period prior to the Revolution until his death.

This club was organized about the year 1766, and comprised many of the leading men of Philadelphia, as well as of Gloucester County, New Jersey. Our ancestors were accustomed to rise with the dawn, and repair to the rendezvous on the banks of the Delaware, near Gloucester Point, where sixteen couple of good foxhounds were in readiness to meet them. Once a week, from the 10th of October to the 10th of April, did these hardy gentlemen meet for their exciting sport, and often crossing the Delaware on the ice, they would urge the chase from five to six or even eight hours.

It is recorded of Captain Morris, that he was a constant and fearless hunter. These hardy pastimes nurtured revolutionary heroes. Accordingly, when the war broke out, "The First Troop of Philadelphia City Cavalry" (still one of the boasts of the city), numbered in its ranks not less than twenty-two of the "Gloucester Fox-Hunting Club." Samuel Morris, the President of the Club, was the Captain of the Troop, and in that capacity served through the campaign of 1776-77, and took an active part in the battles of Trenton and Princeton, where his brother Anthony, who was Ensign of the Troop, was killed.

The best evidence of the services of the Troop and their commander, is found in the terms of their discharge, by General Washington, in these words:

"The Philadelphia Troop of Light-Horse, under the command of Captain Morris, having performed their tour of duty, are discharged for the present.

"I take this opportunity of returning my most sincere thanks to the Captain, and to the gentlemen who composed the Troop, for the many essential services which they have rendered to their country, and to me personally, during the course of this severe campaign.

"Though composed of gentlemen of fortune, they have shown a noble example of discipline and subordination, and in several actions have shown a spirit and bravery which will ever do honor to them, and will ever be gratefully remembered by me." "GEORGE WASHINGTON.

"HEADQUARTERS, MORRISTOWN, January 23d, 1777."

Captain Morris was disowned by the Society of Friends for his part in the Revolution. He continued, however, until his death the dress and language of Friends, and worshipped regularly at their meeting. On the 7th of July, 1812, in the seventy-eighth year of his age, he closed a long and useful life at his residence in Second Street below Chestnut Street, Philadelphia.

The notices of his death in the newspapers of the day bear testimony to the high regard in which he was held by his fellow-citizens. His body was followed to the grave by the First Troop in citizens' dress, and by a long procession of friends and relatives. His descendants in and about Philadelphia are numerous.

SAMUEL GEORGE MORTON, M.D.

DR. MORTON was born in Philadelphia in 1799. His father died when he was quite young, and he was placed at a Quaker school by his mother, a member of that Society. From this he was removed to a counting-house, but manifesting a distaste for business, was allowed to follow the bent of his inclination, and study for a profession. That of medicine was the one selected, Quaker tenets tolerating neither priest or lawyer. After passing through the usual course of preliminary study under the able guidance of the celebrated Dr. Joseph Parrish, he received a diploma, and soon after sailed for Europe on a visit to his uncle. He passed two winters in attendance on the medical lectures of the Edinburgh school, and one in a similar manner at Paris, travelling on the Continent during the summer. He returned in 1824, and commenced practice. He had before his departure been made a member of the Academy of Natural Sciences of Philadelphia, and now took an active part in its proceedings. Geology was his favorite pursuit. In 1827, he published an "Analysis of Tabular Spar from Bucks County;" in 1834, " A Synopsis of the Organic Remains of the Cretaceous Group of the United States;" in the same year, a medical work; " Illustrations of Pulmonary Consumption, its Anatomical Characters, Causes, Symptoms, and Treatment, with twelve

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