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On the 7th day of July 1812, the good old Governor, 

 Samuel Morris, usually distinguished by the appellation 

 of Christian Samuel, departed this life in the 78th year of 

 his age, having been a member for fifty-eight years, and 

 for forty-six years the chief magistrate of the Colony and 

 States to which honorable post he was annually re-elected 

 with perfect unanimity, respected and beloved by his en- 

 deared associates, for the cheerfulness of his disposition, 

 the benevolence of his heart, and the blandness and dig- 

 nity of his manners. He was ever remarkable for studied 

 courtesy and kindness to all invited guests. 



He uniformly declined in his latter years to sit for his 

 portrait, though often solicited by some of his intimate 

 friends. A good bust resemblance of him in wood, exe- 

 cuted by our unrivalled artist, William Rush, Esquire, 

 from occasional views of the original, unknown to him, 

 was obtained, and now ornaments the Castle. 



It is placed within, over the front entrance, on an ele- 

 gant pedestal presented to the State, by Mr. D. Knight, 

 a visiter. 



Every stated meeting of the company attests the esti- 

 mation 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. 



His bereaved State decreed an oration to be delivered, 

 as a just tribute to the manes of their departed beloved 



