Andrew Morris (politician)
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| Andrew Morris | |
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| Born | Andrew Morris 1752 New York City, U.S. |
| 💼 Occupation | Soap merchant, assistant alderan |
| 👩 Spouse(s) | Ellinor Skinner |
| 👶 Children | Thomas A. Morris (1791-1856) |
Andrew Morris (1752 – May 3, 1828) was an American politician, soap boiler, tallow chandler, at No. 22 Water Street who lived on the Bowery near Jones Street.
Biography[edit]
Origins[edit]
Morris emigrated from Ireland to New York, from one of the 14 merchant families known as the Tribes of Galway.
Formation[edit]
Working in lower Manhattan, he meets the quaker merchants: John Jacob Astor and Cornelius Heeney..[1] They're both survivors from the Great Irish Famine[2]
Charity[edit]
He married Ellinor Skinner and gave much of his money to Catholic charitable causes throughout New York City. He was instrumental in the founding of the first Catholic Church in New York, St. Peter's, and served as one of the early trustees of the parish. He contributed money, by giving a propriety for the building, on the 5th Avenue, for the construction of St. Patrick's Old Cathedral, and gave both money and land for the Roman Catholic Orphan Asylum.
Carreer[edit]
He was a member of the New York State Assembly, and was the first Catholic, in 1802, to hold elected office of New York City Board of Aldermen preceding his good friend Cornelius Heeney, partner with the Astor family and founder of the Brooklyn Benevolent Society.[3][4][5] In the Catholic telegraph of july 1902 reported that "the cathedral Saint Patrick was not sold for a dollar, on May 1, 1790[6]
External links[edit]
Bibliography[edit]
- Francisco de Cascales, The Case of the manufacturers of Soap et Candles, 1797
- Henry Barton Dawson, Reminiscences of the City of New York and Its Vicinity, 1855
- John Murphy Farley, History of St. Patrick's Cathedral, 1908
- Jason K. Duncan, Citizens Or Papists?: The Politics of Anti-Catholicism, 2005
- Catherine O'Donnell, Elizabeth Seton: American Saint, 2018
References[edit]
- ↑ Meehan, Thomas F. (April 1918). "A Self-Effaced Philanthropist: Cornelius Heeney, 1754 - 1848". The Catholic Historical Review. 4.
- ↑ https://globalhappenings.com/featured/11556.html
- ↑ Cornelius Heeney - Article in the Catholic Encyclopedia
- ↑ What Has Become of the Old Farm Lands of the City of Brooklyn?
- ↑ Cornelius Heeney - an Offaly pioneer in New York Archived 2006-11-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ↑ https://thecatholicnewsarchive.org/?a=d&d=TCT19030702-01.2.22
This article incorporates text from a publication now in the public domain: Herbermann, Charles, ed. (1913). "article name needed". Catholic Encyclopedia. New York: Robert Appleton.
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