He was recalled as minister to France for seeking to aid Louis XVI in fleeing the country, though he was the only diplomat to remain in Paris during the Reign of Terror and wrote a Diary of it.
He was recalled as minister to France for seeking to aid Louis XVI in fleeing the country, though he was the only diplomat to remain in Paris during the Reign of Terror and wrote a Diary of it. The subject of a biography by Teddy Roosevelt, he pushed for the formation of a northern confederacy as an opponent of the War of 1812, and he was chief assistant to the Superintendent of Finance in the Confederation. While serving in the Provincial Congress, he fought to include a provision for religious toleration in the New York constitution, and he served as chairman of the commission to construct the Erie Canal. He gave more speeches than anyone else at the Constitutional Convention, and as a member of the Committee of Style, he was responsible for the final wording of the Constitution. FTP, name this founding father who created the United States' decimal coinage system.
He was recalled as minister to France for seeking to aid Louis XVI in fleeing the country, though he was the only diplomat to remain in Paris during the Reign of Terror and wrote a Diary of it.
Gouverneur {Morris}