The E-Sylum:  Volume 6, Number 21, May 25, 2003, Article 13

MORRIS' MIRRORS

  An article in a local paper mentioned an interesting tidbit about
  Robert Morris, the financier of the American revolution.  It
  came from a book by Eleanor Young titled "Forgotten Patriot:
  Robert Morris."    As a founder of first Bank of North America,
  a forerunner of the Federal Reserve System, Morris knew
  "... there was always a danger that investors would make a run
  on the bank and deplete its store of gold and silver coin.  And
  so, according to biographer Eleanor Young, Morris fitted the
  bank vault with mirrors that "multiplied the coins, dazzling the
  eyes of the spectators."  Having seen such wealth, the public
  felt no need to withdraw any of it."

  For the full text of the article, see:
  http://www.pghcitypaper.com/archives/newsarch/ask/ask03/ya052103.html

  Wayne Homren, Editor

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