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Brigadier General Morgan Lewis - Morgan Lewis, soldier, jurist, governor of New York, was the second son of Francis Lewis and Elizabeth Annesley, of New York.
He graduated from the College of New Jersey (Princeton) in 1773. He was studying law at the time of the outbreak of the Revolution. After a summer of volunteer service in 1775 at
Cambridge, Mass., and in New York, he was in the winter and spring of 1776, major in the 2nd Regiment of the "New York Line". From June 1776 till the end of the war he was deputy
quartermaster general for the New York Department and was chief of staff with Gates at Ticonderoga and at Saratoga. Resuming his legal studies at the close of the war he was admitted to
the bar, and he also took his first steps in politics by successfully running for the Assembly in 1789-90 and in 1792. He was Attorney General of New York from November 1791 to Dec. 24,
1792, and third justice of the supreme court of New York from the latter date to Oct.28, 1801, when he was promoted to the chief justiceship. In 1804 he became governor of New York.
During the War of 1812 he was Quartermaster General and in 1813 was promoted to Brigadier General in service on the Niagara Frontier. In 1814 he assumed command of the region above New
York City. He was one of the founders of New York University. He died in his ninetieth year in New York City.
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USAT General Morgan Lewis tied up to the dock at Fort Sherman, Canal Zone, circa 1930s.
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Canal Zone Images
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USAT General Morgan Lewis off Fort Sherman, Canal Zone, in 1930. Note: there was no road to Fort Sherman at this time, so the ferry was the
troops only source to leave Fort Sherman.
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USAT General Morgan Lewis tied up in the Fort Sherman lagoon, Canal Zone in 1930. Note: there was no road to Fort Sherman at this time, so the ferry was the
troops only source to leave Fort Sherman.
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USAT General Morgan Lewis underway in the Canal Zone near Fort Sherman, circa 1934-1937.
Photo from an album belonging to Stanley "Scotty" G. McInnes US Army Coast Artillery Corps |
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USAT General Morgan Lewis underway at night in the Canal Zone near Fort Sherman, circa 1934-1937.
Photo from an album belonging to Stanley "Scotty" G. McInnes US Army Coast Artillery Corps |
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