january april continental_army officer connecticut american revolutionary war founder pioneer born connecticut spent early life hoping training minister graduating morris accepted commission lieutenant continental_army joined fight captured spent remaining war captivity release morris promoted rank captain supported siege returned war morris began ran academy trained boys girls rarity time died morris hometown connecticut renamed morris honor early life education born connecticut january young man morris displayed disposition education borrowing library nearby father member studies morris hoped eventually minister morris eighteen father sent live time study morris continued spring spent season studying minister fall morris found instructor saying accurate scholar able instructor september morris began formal studies tutor assigned future yale president influential force right morris awarded degree july noting memoirs having share honorary appointments graduation morris returned helped father harvest took post teaching grammar school nearby received opportunity teach paid handsome wages hoping father heavy expenses college education war commission early service morris tenure instructor cut short months arriving received ensign commission connecticut militia accepted service connecticut militia morris saw action fighting battles long_island white plains memoirs morris wrote time stating soldiers universally manifested great respect care sick attention wants sympathies late december morris completed commitment connecticut militia immediately accepted commission continental_army lieutenant serving recruiting officer morris joined general george_washington army october commanded army american forces ultimately unsuccessful battle morris taken prisoner war october captivity early morris confinement trying taken new jail philadelphia locked cold room cold stone walls bare floors kind seat sit total darkness water drink eat blanket cover despite accommodations morris decided best imprisonment philadelphia negotiating borrow books called circulating library recently established city historian points time morris exposed philosophers influential later life educator absorbed ideas favor healthy exercises develop body mind time danger following custom reason form novel idea english language important latin greek morris convinced captors admit parole sent long_island stayed memoir morris noted man science large property owned extensive private library morris known united_states captivity morris found situation comfortable took advantage library admired january morris freed prisoner exchange post release release morris returned discovered promoted rank captain custody british morris commanded company white plains received orders head south virginia arrival morris company overall command general george_washington aided major battle american revolution specifically morris company light infantry provided support hope commanded colonel post war returned december days return december married shortly people morris justice peace summer morris briefly returned service ultimately released service november year following years james children yale graduate tutor head academy yale graduate attorney new_york endowed good academic education settled birth james morris severely ill illness man named moved morris home care day night families close daughter years old time illness later morris second wife point morris life accepted realize early dream minister common children come morris house instruction access library morris welcomed students male female morris caused stir community claimed education women blowing pride feel mates feel labour brought fruition hearing held church charges dismissed publicity controversy brought attention instructed students rhode_island new_jersey pennsylvania maryland virginia south_carolina georgia west_indies turn century morris found necessary instruction construct proper academy building estimated cost morris enlisted wealthy residents november moved home brand new building period grew average students academy handed heads school april closed good introduction book academy noted entitled called pioneer institution open door policy united_states connecticut early opened doors wide kept open long academy spread influence far later life september morris wife elizabeth died following march morris married marriage bore children second war great_britain age morris commissioned major end life morris compiled memoirs subsequently published memoirs james morris died april buried graveyard commonly referred cemetery legacy june incorporated morris connecticut honor located center town morris contains original artifacts writings foundation remains intact grounds morris
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