Pierpont Morgan papers, 1803-1934 (bulk 1847-1890).

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Pierpont Morgan papers, 1803-1934 (bulk 1847-1890).

Consists of correspondence, school essays and quarterly reports, certificates and honors, clippings, passports, diaries, account books, and dealers' lists. Correspondence contains letters from Morgan to friends and family such as James Goodwin, George A. Dixon, Cyrus W. Field, John Pierpont, Junius Spencer Morgan, Juliet Pierpont Morgan, and Frances Tracy Morgan. Other persons or topics documented in this collection include: Amelia Sturges Morgan, Louisa Morgan Satterlee, Anne Tracy Morgan, J.P. Morgan, Jr., Belle da Costa Greene, Duncan, Sherman & Co., George Peabody & Co., J.S. Morgan & Co., J.P. Morgan & Co., the Corsair Dining Club, the Zodiac Club and the Pierpont Morgan Library.

6.75 cubic feet.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7228741

Related Entities

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Greene, Belle da Costa, 1883-1950

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Belle da Costa Greene (December 13, 1883 – May 10, 1950) was the librarian to J. P. Morgan. After Morgan's death in 1913, Greene continued as librarian under his son, Jack Morgan. In 1924 the private collection was incorporated by the State of New York as a library for public uses, and the Board of Trustees appointed Greene first director of the Pierpont Morgan Library. Born Belle Marion Greener in Washington, D.C., Greene grew up there and in New York City. Her biographer Heidi Ardizzone lis...

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Private art library collection; New York City, New York. Founded in 1924 when business tycoon, J.P. Morgan opened his home and private collection to the public. From the description of Pierpont Morgan Library records, 1682-1953. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122404272 ...

Morgan, Amelia Sturges, 1835-1862

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Amelia "Memie" Sturges Morgan was the first wife of J. Pierpont Morgan. They married on October 7, 1861, despite her ill health, and left immediately for a honeymoon trip to Europe. She died of tuberculosis four months later at the Villa St. Georges in Nice. From the description of Diary : autograph manuscript, 1859 Jan 21-Dec. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270875146 ...

Duncan, Sherman & Co.

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Banking house located at the corner of Pine and Nassau Street in New York City. From the description of Promissory notes, 1860. (New York University, Group Batchload). WorldCat record id: 58774155 ...

Corsair Dining Club.

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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 ...

Corsair (Yacht)

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Morgan, J. P. (John Pierpont), 1867-1943

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Epithet: of MS Facsimile Suppl. II British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000754.0x000172 American financier. From the description of Typed letter signed : New York, to Mrs. Ackermann, 1918 May 20. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270874981 ...

Zodiac (Club : New York, N.Y.)

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Satterlee, Louisa Morgan, 1866-1946

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Pierpont, John, 1785-1866,

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Unitarian clergyman, poet, and reformer. From the description of Papers of John Pierpont [manuscript], 1825-1885. (University of Virginia). WorldCat record id: 647953935 American poet. From the description of Passing away -- a dream : autograph manuscript copy of the poem signed, [1837 or later]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 560671584 John Pierpont was born in Connecticut in 1785; he graduated from Yale in 1804 and tried several professions before beco...

J.S. Morgan & Co.

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Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892

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Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was a merchant and capitalist who promoted the laying of the first Atlantic cable linking the U.S. with Europe. He formed a company to build cable communications between Newfoundland and Ireland, helped establish elevated trains in New York City, and participated in the development of the Wabash Railroad. Other business ventures included ownership of a New York newspaper, the Mail and Express. From the description of Cyrus W. Field papers, 1831-1905, bulk...

Goodwin, James Junius, 1835-1915

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Atlantic Telegraph Company.

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Drexel, Anthony J. (Anthony Joseph), 1826-1893

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American banker. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Drexel & Co., Phila., to J. Pierpont Morgan, 1871 June 21. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270518442 ...

Morgan, Juliet Pierpont, 1816-1884

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J.P. Morgan & Co.

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Morgan, Anne Tracy, 1873-1952

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Daughter of John Pierpont Morgan. Anne Morgan was involved in organizations that aided in the reconstruction of France after the First and Second World Wars. From the description of Scrapbook, 1902-1930. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270929770 Daughter of John Pierpont Morgan. From the description of Scrapbook : Cragston, 1893-1904. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270929777 ...

George Peabody & Co.

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Dixon, George R.

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Morgan, Junius Spencer, 1813-1890

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Born in 1813, Junius Spencer Morgan began his career first as a partner with the firm Morris Ketchum in New York, and then as a partner with Howe, Mather & Co. in Hartford. In 1836, he married Juliet Pierpont; the couple relocated their family to Boston in 1850 when Morgan joined the firm J.M. Beebe & Co. It is during these years that he attracted the attention of George Peabody, an American banker in London. Morgan was invited to become a partner at George Peabody & Co. in 1854. Thi...

Morgan, Frances Tracy, 1842-1924

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Daughter of Charles and Louisa Kirkland Tracy; wife of J. Pierpont Morgan. From the description of Diaries and expense books, 1865-1924. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270936580 From the description of Correspondence, 1853-1902. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270936455 ...