Newspaper clipping and letters : Exchange Hotel, 1957.

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Newspaper clipping and letters : Exchange Hotel, 1957.

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Consists of a newspaper clipping from The Courant Magazine of Hartford, Conn. describing the 1859 fire that destroyed the Exchange Hotel, formerly the Exchange Coffee House, the Hartford establishment owned and operated by Joseph Morgan from 1817-1829. Also includes two typewritten letters between H.S. Morgan and F.B. Adams, former director of the Morgan Library, regarding the clipping.

3 items (5 leaves) ; 31 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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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...