Robert MORRISS...? Fictional character, based on FACTUAL guy (HISTORY... Robert MORRIS, Mayor of Lynchburg, Va. - 1813); "Mayor" Robert MORRIS & his wife, Sarah... DID "board" ppl in their HUGE house (1819-1822), calling it FIRST... Washington Inn, later...Washington House; THEN! Washington Hotel was built in 1823; Mayor MORRIS "ran" it as Hotel-Keeper... keeping the "CONTRACT" of 10 years... FACTS! "TJB "boarded" with R M (1819 & 1821)". RM died in 1863, no longer necessary "for the story" (like on TV). Maj. Ferdinand C. Hutter (CSA) was "head" AUTHOR, compiling a "PATCHWORK" of adventures/stories/PAPERS, for the Beale PAPERS. He died in 1885 (for real), and Beale PAPERS was released...