Junius Morgan papers, 1831-1877.

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Junius Morgan papers, 1831-1877.

The papers of Junius Morgan include receipts for the American Hotel in New York, teaching French, a fine for not performing military duty with the Governor's Foot Guard, correspondence from family and friends, receipts for food and household goods, a receipt for a pew at the First Unitarian Society, and other items. Morgan, a banker and financier, was the father of J.P. Morgan.

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Connecticut. Governor̕s Foot Guard. Company, 1st.

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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...