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 matured, his father suffered a significant loss of assets, allegedly due to his lack of business acumen, and sent him to the Philadelphia-based firm Willing and Morris, where he received an exceptional training in commerce, and befriended Robert Morris and Thomas Willing, the owners of the company.