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Guaranteed Human.

On this episode of Nuts World, the lives of these men are essential to understanding the American

form of government and our ideals of liberty.

The founding fathers all played key roles in securing American independence

from Great Britain and in the creation of the government of the United States of America.

One of those key men was Governor Morris.

The Morris was born January 31st, 1752, and one of New York's prominent Tory families,

Tory meaning very pro-king.

He was born on the family estate, Morissania.

Now think about that for having some sense of identity.

Hi, I'm Governor Morris of Morissania.

On the north side of the Harlem River,

which was then in Westchester County,

but is now part of the Bronx.

Interestingly, he was named after his mother, Sarah's maiden name, governor,

which means governor in both Dutch and French, which is spelled G-O-U-V-E-R-N-E-U-R.

So he lived with that his whole life.

And he'd walk up to be and say, hi, I'm Governor Morris.

Now, you might have thought they thought he was a governor, but they didn't.

They figured out, oh, that's his name.

Morris' father died in 1762 when Morris was 10 years old.

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