When Harrison VI became a young adult, his father lost a considerable amount of property, supposedly due to his lack of mercantile skills, and sent his son away to the Philadelphia-based firm Willing and Morris, where he earned an exceptional mercantile education, and  befriended Robert Morris and Thomas Willing, the firm's owners.
When Harrison VI became a young adult, his father lost considerable property due to his lack of business skills, prompting him to send his son to the Philadelphia-based firm Willing and Morris for an exceptional education in commerce, where he befriended Robert Morris and Thomas Willing, the owners.