Diaries : autograph manuscript, 1792-1811.

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Diaries : autograph manuscript, 1792-1811.

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Consists of two diaries, the first begins in Morgan's childhood at the age of twelve and covers the years 1792-1799, while the second covers the time period from 1807-1811. The diaries contain brief entries that record his daily activities, including school work (with pages containing aphorisms, penmanship practice and scribbling), chores and farm work, the weather, travel destinations, and family news.

2 items ; 17 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Morgan family.

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Morgan, Joseph, 1780-1847

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Grandfather of J. Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913). From the description of Autograph letter signed : to his son Junius S. Morgan, 1839 June 13. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270613020 Born in 1780, Joseph Morgan worked as a schoolteacher and farmer in West Springfield, Mass. before moving to Hartford, Conn. in 1817. There he purchased the Exchange Coffee House, leased the City Hotel, invested in land, and was one of the founders of Aetna Fire Insurance Company. He married Sally...