Board files, 1843-1950 [microform].

Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company

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The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad (B&O) was founded in 1827, and operated from the Great Lakes, Ohio, through the mid-Atlantic. The B&O's successor, CSX Corporation, was created in 1987 from interim holding companies. From the description of Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Company personnel records, circa 1940-1979. (Pennsylvania State University Libraries). WorldCat record id: 760082029 ...

World's Columbian Exposition (1893 : Chicago, Ill.)

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The World's Columbian Exposition, also known as the Chicago World’s Fair, was organized in celebration of the 400th anniversary of Christopher Columbus’s landing in America. The fairgrounds, open from May 1, 1893 until October 30, 1893, were designed by Frederick Law Olmstead and covered more than 630 acres in Jackson Park and the Midway Plaisance. Daniel Burnham oversaw the construction of nearly 200 new buildings for the fair, most of which were designed in the Beaux-Arts style. 27 million peo...

Franklin, Walter S. (Walter Simonds), 1884-1972

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Philadelphia and Erie Railroad Company

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Cleveland, Cincinnati, Chicago, and St. Louis Railway Company

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Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Co.

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In 1833, the Philadelphia & Reading Railroad Company (P & R) was established to serve the burgeoning anthracite coal industry and its customers throughout southeastern Pennsylvania, New Jersey and Delaware. The railroad also supported iron making, canal and sea-going transportation, and shipbuilding, establishing itself as a transportation industry giant for over a century. During the American Industrial Revolution, the P & R provided trackage to the most densely industrialized parts...

United New Jersey Railroad and Canal Company

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International Navigation Company

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Erie Railway Company.

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Dudley, Charles Benjamin, 1842-1909

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Du Barry, Joseph N. (Joseph Napoleon), 1830-1892

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Richmond and Danville Railroad Company

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Incorporated in Virginia in 1847; main line opened in 1856 from Richmond to Danville, Va. (140 miles); grew through purchase, lease, and other means to 3300 miles of railroad by 1890; controlled by Richmond and West Point Terminal Railway and Warehouse Company (1886-1894); reorganized as Southern Railway Company in 1894. From the description of Records, 1847-1894. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410076 Stem (Granville Co.), N.C. railroad company. From the ...

Scott, Thomas Alexander, 1823-1881

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Norfolk and Western Railway Company

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Reorganized in 1896 from Norfolk and Western Railroad Company. From the description of Records, 1896-1969. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28420979 The Norfolk and Western Railroad was created and organized in 1881 when Clarence H. Clark and his associates purchased property and franchises belonging to the Atlantic, Mississippi and Ohio Railroad Company. As a result of the purchase, the combined track length owned by Clark and associates was just over 400 miles. By 1900...

Pennsylvania Railroad Voluntary Relief Dept.

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American Steamship Company of Philadelphia.

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London and North-Western Railway

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In 1846 three companies, London and Birmingham, Grand Junction Railway and Manchester and Birmingham amalgamated to form the London and North Western Railway. The amalgamation created 247 miles of railway that linked London, Manchester, Birmingham, Liverpool and Preston. The London and North Western Railway continued to expand and by 1868 the company had added links to Oxford, Cambridge, Leeds, Swansea and Cardiff. However, attempts to amalgamate with Midland Railway ended in failure. By 1871 th...

McCrea, James, 1848-1913

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National Transit Company (U.S.)

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Pension Dept.

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Union Transportation Company

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Wilmington and Western Railroad Company.

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Illinois Central Railroad Company

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YMCA of the USA

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A child of evangelical Protestantism, the YMCA at first considered itself a specialized agency for bringing young men to Christ. Although the early Y's mission was unabashedly religious in nature, the organization focused on method rather than doctrine or philosophy. Dominated by business men rather than professional religious leaders, the movement tended to emphasize facilities, expansion, practical usefulness, and specific influence. Early work included not only the distribution of tracts, Bib...

North River Bridge Company.

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Marietta and Cincinnati Railroad Company

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Railroad formed in 1851 by the merger of the Belpre and Cincinnati R.R. and the Franklin and Ohio River R.R. Its route was surveyed by a crew under the direction of resident engineer C.T. Arms. From the description of Journal, 1851-1853. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18059586 ...

Erie City Iron Works.

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Shamokin Coal Company

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New York Central and Hudson River Railroad Company

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Born 1 Feb. 1885 in Johnstown, Pa. Moved with family to Buffalo shortly after the Johnstown flood of 1889. When his parents died, he became the ward of his brother-in-law, C. George Hyde, who apprenticed him to the New York Central & Hudson River Railroad in 1902. From the description of Apprenticeship papers of John P. Loewer, 1902 May 5. (Buffalo History Museum). WorldCat record id: 44271315 Railroad company formed from a consolidation of the New York Central Railroad ...

Pennsylvania Railroad Employes' Saving Fund.

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Cassatt, A. J. (Alexander Johnston), 1839-1906

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Alexander Johnston Cassatt was a civil engineer and president of the Pennsylvania Railroad (1899-1906). He was the brother of artist Mary Cassatt. From the description of Letterbook index, 1894-1896; 1898-1903. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122523418 ...

New York Central Railroad Company

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The New York Central Railroad first stationed business representatives in Cleveland, Ohio, in 1853, but it was not until 1870 that the railroad established a significant presence in the local railroad economy. During the 1880s-1890s, the New York Central purchased controlling interests in various railroads to secure routes into Cleveland. In the early twentieth century it built and bought lines through and around Cleveland. Yards that were key to New York Central's repair, maintenance, and stora...

Michigan Central Railroad Company

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On March 20, 1837, legislation providing for work to proceed on three railroads and two canals in Michigan became law. One of the railroads -- the central -- was to connect Detroit and St. Joseph through the second tier of counties. Based upon preliminary work already done by the Detroit and St. Joseph Railroad Company (whose rights and properties were purchased by the state), the railroad was able to begin operation (at least as far as Dearborn) by the end of 1837. In 1846, the central railroad...

Thomson, Frank, 1841-1899

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Frank Thomson served as president of the Pennsylvania Railroad from 1897 to 1899. Born in Chambersburg, Pennsylvania, in 1851, Mr. Thomson spent his entire career working on railroads. He served in the Union army during the Civil War, when he worked for the U.S. Military Railroads in the South and Southwest. After leaving the military in June 1864, he began working for the Pennsylvania Railroad. In 1871 and 1872, he was manager of transportation for an entourage escorting the Grand Duke Alexis o...

Philadelphia (Pa.). Bourse.

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Thomson, J. Edgar (John Edgar), 1808-1874

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Pennsylvania Railroad official. From the description of J. Edgar Thomson correspondence, 1850 October 7. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70981660 ...

Philadelphia and Atlantic City Railroad Company

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Kirby-Smith, Edmund, 1824-1893

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Edmund Kirby-Smith, son of General Edmund Kirby-Smith, was a citizen of the United States and an engineer by profession. From the guide to the Records of Land Transactions by Edmund Kirby-Smith and Virginia Téllez de Kirby-Smith in the Isla de Tacamichapa, Veracruz 32741540., 1884-1945, 1895-1925, (Benson Latin American Collection, General Libraries, The University of Texas at Austin) Confederate general, university chancellor, and mathematics professor from St. Augustine (S...

Drexel & Co.

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Carnegie Brothers & Co., Limited.

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Clement, Martin W. (Martin Withington), 1881-1966

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Union Line Bureau.

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Rea, Samuel, 1855-1929

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Roberts, George Brooke, 1833-1897

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Office of Secretary.

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The Office of the Secretary was created upon the organization of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company in 1847. In addition to keeping the minutes of the Board of Managers, the Secretary acted as custodian of the so called "board file", consisting of all papers presented during deliberations of the board. From the description of Board files, 1843-1950 [microform]. (Hagley Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122458394 ...

Cambria Iron Company

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President, Managers, and Company of the Philadelphia and Lancaster Turnpike Road

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Southern Railway Security Company.

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Joint Traffic Association.

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company

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Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad, originally named Louisa Railroad in Louisa County, Virginia, was founded in 1836 and reached the foot of the Appalachian Mountains at what is now Clifton Forge by 1850. For more information, please see the W.L. Eury Appalachian Collections' Chesapeake and Ohio Railroad web page. From the description of George Washington's railroad Chesapeake and Ohio Lines correspondence, 1935. (Western North Carolina Library Network). WorldCat record id: 213416394 ...

Atterbury, William Wallace, 1866-1935

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William Wallace Atterbury was president of the Pennsylvania Railroad Company. He was a brigadier general in the United States (U.S.) Army in World War I (WWI) and was assigned to direct transportation activities in France. From the description of The W.W. Atterbury papers, 1917-1920. (US Army, Mil Hist Institute). WorldCat record id: 50632886 ...

Allegheny Portage Railroad

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The Allegheny Portage Railroad covered a 36 mile stretch up and down the sides of Allegheny Mountain between Johnstown (Cambria Co.) and Hollidaysburg (Blair Co.). Built between 1831 and 1833, the Railroad used a system of inclined planes to link the two lines of the Pennsylvania Canal. The canal boats were pulled by ropes, and later by wire cables (designed by railroad engineer John Roebling). From the description of Papers 1837-1960 (bulk 1837-1850). (Historical Society of W Pennsy...

Philadelphia and Columbia Railroad.

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Trenton-Delaware Bridge Company.

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Shenandoah Valley Railroad

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Chartered in Virginia in 1867; controlled by Norfolk and Western Railroad after 1883; purchased by Norfolk and Western in 1890; reorganized as Shenandoah Valley Railway Company; ran from Hagerstown, Md., to Roanoke, Va. (238 miles). From the description of Records, 1870-1891. (Virginia Tech). WorldCat record id: 28410622 ...

H.C. Frick Coke Company.

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Huntingdon & Broad Top Mountain Railroad & Coal Co.

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Adams Express Company

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The Adams Express Company was founded in Boston in 1839. Originally called Burke and Company, its name was changed to Adams and Company after only two weeks when Alvin Adams agreed to buy out his partner. By 1850, the company had spread throughout the south, southwest, and north. Much additional capital was invested at that time and the company's name was again changed to the Adams Express Company. During the Civil War, the company made a substantial amount of money shipping packages to and from...

Pennsylvania Steel Company

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Woman's christian temperance union

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Temperance organization founded in Cleveland, Ohio in 1874. Campaigning against the use of alcohol and in favor of labor laws and prison reform, the W.C.T.U. became one of the largest and most influential women's organizations of the 19th century. It became global when the World W.C.T.U. was founded in 1883. The organization continued to exist through the 20th century, although membership declined after the passage of the 18th Amendment (Prohibition) in 1919. From the description of ...

Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Real Estate Dept.

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Wilson, William Bender, 1839-1919

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Pullman's Palace Car Company

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Sleeping car companies acquired by Pullman's Palace Car Company. Founded in 1870, the Erie and Atlantic Sleeping Coach Company was bought by Pullman in 1873. The Southern Transportation Company, founded in 1865 and controlled by the Central Transporation Company, was leased by Pullman in 1870 for $20,000 per year as part of the larger Central Transportation Co. deal. The Southern's lines became part of Pullman's new subsidiary, the Pullman Southern Car Company. In 1878, ...

Oil Creek Railroad Company.

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California and Texas Railway Construction Company.

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Empire Transportation Company.

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New York, Lake Erie, and Western Railroad Company

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Westinghouse Air Brake Company

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New Orleans, St. Louis and Chicago Railroad Company.

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Pennsylvania Canal Company

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Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad Company

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The Delaware and Bound Brook Railroad Company was incorporated in New Jersey on May 12, 1874, for the purpose of forming a second railroad route between the cities of New York and Philadelphia. The Delaware & Bound Brook was a successor to the National Railway project of 1868-1875. In 1831 the Camden & Amboy Railroad & Transportation Company was granted the exclusive right to operate a railroad across New Jersey between new York and Philadelphia. This monopol...

Reeves, Abbott & Company.

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Green, John P. (John Pugh), 1839-1924

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National Docks Railway Company

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Later became part of Lehigh Valley Railroad Company of New Jersey. From the description of Records, 1879-1912. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70961849 ...

Carnegie, Andrew, 1835-1919

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Andrew Carnegie (1835-1919) was an American industrialist and philanthropist. From the description of Carnegie autograph collection, 1867-1945. (New York Public Library). WorldCat record id: 122682758 From the guide to the Carnegie autograph collection, 1867-1945, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Andrew Carnegie was an industrialist and philanthropist. From the description of Address of Mr. Andrew Carnegie before the Pitt...

Western Union Telegraph Company

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The bark Golden Gate and clipper ship Nightingale were both involved in the Western Union Telegraph Expedition to British Columbia, Alaska and Russia to survey areas where the Western Union Telegraph Company planned to construct a telegraph line linking America and Europe. The line was never completed. Charles S. Bulkley was Engineer-in-Chief and Charles M. Scammon was Chief of Marine. The bark Golden Gate was the flagship of the expedition from June 1865 to March 1866, after which the clipper s...

Centennial Exhibition 1876 Philadelphia, Pa.

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The Centennial Exhibition of 1876 marked the 100th anniversary of American freedom. The celebration took place in Philadelphia from May 10 to November 10 and attracted over eight million visitors. The exhibition spread across 450 acres of ground in Fairmont Park and consisted of over 200 buildings. Planning for the event began in 1870, and in 1871, Congress established the United States Centennial Commission to plan and run the exhibition. The following year saw the incorporation of the Centenni...

Atlantic and Great Western Railway Company

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Railroad in receivership with Reuben Hitchcock. From the description of Records 1869-1873. (Rhinelander District Library). WorldCat record id: 18446203 ...

Wilson, William Hasell, 1811-1902

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William Hasell Wilson was a civil engineer with, and president of, various Pennsylvania railroads. From the description of Papers, 1855-1898 (inclusive), 1855, 1889-1896, 1898 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 151375265 William Hasell Wilson was born in Charleston, S.C., on November 5, 1811, the son of Major John Wilson, an eminent civil and military engineer who designed the fortifications of Charleston during the War of 1812. Th...

Lindenthal, Gustav, 1850-1935

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Swiftsure Transportation Company.

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Baldwin Locomotive Works

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Matthias Baldwin (b. 1795), a former jeweler and tool manufacturer, was commissioned in 1831 by Franklin Peale to fashion a miniature locomotive engine to be displayed at his Philadelphia Museum. Soon the Philadelphia, Germantown and Norristown Railroad asked Baldwin to construct "Old Ironsides," his first full-size engine, in 1832. Subsequently, M.W. Baldwin, incorporated in 1831, became an establishment for the manufacture of locomotive engines at 400 North Broad Street in Philadelphia. The po...

Susquehanna Coal Company.

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Lombaert, Herman J., 1816-1885

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Pennsylvania Railroad Company. Trust of 1878.

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Erie and Western Transportation Company.

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Gatling Gun Company.

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Stuyvesant Real Estate Company.

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Lehigh Valley Railroad Company

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The Lehigh Valley Railroad Company was incorporated in Pennsylvania as the Delaware, Lehigh, Schuylkill and Susquehanna Railroad Company on April 21, 1846, the name being changed on Jan. 7, 1853. It was one of the major anthracite railroads and formed a secondary trunk line between Jersey City, N.J., and Buffalo, N.Y. The railroad's original function was to serve as an outlet from the Lehigh Anthracite Region to tidewater by building along the Lehigh River from Mauch Chu...

New York and Long Branch Railroad Company.

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Morgan, J. Pierpont (John Pierpont), 1837-1913

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Collector. From the description of John Pierpont Morgan collection of signers of the Declaration of Independence, 1761-1803. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79448959 Financier, industrial organizer, and art collector. Born in 1837 in Hartford, John Pierpont Morgan was educated in the U.S. and Europe before embarking on a career as a banker. From his first position as an unsalaried clerk at the New York banking firm of Duncan, Sherman & Company, Morgan went on to become a ...