Samuel Morris (merchant)

Samuel Morris (November 21, 1711 – April 1782) was a merchant and Patriot in colonial and revolutionary-era Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Their sons James and Samuel Cadwalader attended the Academy of Philadelphia during its earliest years; Samuel Cadwalader Morris became a member of the College (later the University of Pennsylvania), class of 1760.

Morris took an active part in the affairs of the Province of Pennsylvania.

In 1756, he was commissioned by Governor Robert Hunter Morris as an auditor, and was authorized to settle the accounts of the ill-fated Braddock expedition.

A zealous advocate of independence, he was also a member of the committee of safety and the board of war during the American Revolution.