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He was a back room power broker who said very little on the record but who left a major imprint on the proceedings. It was Morris who selected and nominated George Washington as the leader of the Convention and Alexander Hamilton, James Wilson and Gouverneur Morris are seen as surrogates for his grand designs and concepts.

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