Morgan Library a World Wonder of Books in New York
The Morgan Library on East Thirty-sixth Street, New York, houses a vast, rare collection praised as one of the world’s wonders. The library includes medieval missals, Gutenberg and Elzevir editions, Caxtons, Aldines, Dickens letters, Burns manuscripts, and American Revolutionary era correspondence. Noted observer comparisons to Lorenzo de Medici highlight the breadth and depth of the holdings gathered by J. P. Morgan, stored in the marble building designed by Charles McKim.
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Bibliotheque Nationale
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Gutenbergs
Caxtons
Venice
Florence
Augsburg
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Eves
le Gascons
Samuel Mearns
Roger Paynes
Duseuils
Padeloups
Deromes
Henry VIII
Naples
Giulio Clovio
Blake
Horace Walpole
St. Francis de Sales
Burns
Dr. Johnson
Dickens
Swift
Napoleon
Scott
Dumas
George Sand
Reade
Lytton and
Zola
Vanity Fair
Lamb
Mary Stuart
the Duc de Guise
Martha Washington
Morgan Library
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Pixerecourt
Cloverdale
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Aldine
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Sidney
Spenser
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Thomas Browne
Marvell
Waller
Burton
Poe
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Thoreau
Lowell
Longfellow
Whittier
Bryant
Emerson
Holmes
H. Wakeman
New York City
W. H. Bixby
Edgar Allan Poe
Marquis de Lafayette
Miss Green
Morgan’s European Honors Highlight a Private Allyship
The article details J Pierpont Morgan’s intimate ties with European royalty and leaders. It notes King Edward VII and Queen Alexandra’s high regard, George V’s coronation invitation, and extensive Italian honors from Victor Emmanuel and Leo XIII. Morgan’s returned Ascoli cope enhances his celebrated status across Italy.
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Piedmont
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Rome
Morgan to Rest in Hartford Cemetery Mausoleum
John Pierpont Morgan will be buried in Cedar Hill cemetery Hartford Conn in the mausoleum he built for his parents. His body will be moved from Rome and funeral rites are planned at St John the Divine Cathedral. Morgan’s death elicited widespread mourning. Morgan & Co offices closed while officials praised his financial leadership and philanthropy.
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Elbert H. Gary
United States Steel Corporation
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St. George's Church
Boston
Trinity College
End Liver Trouble Without Calomel
Dr Edwards Olive Tablets touted as a gentle substitute for calomel. They claim to quicken liver action, ease constipation, and refresh head and spirits without teeth or gum damage. Available in 10c and 25c boxes from The Olive Tablet Company in Columbus, Ohio.
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Letter from Lafayette to Washington fetches high price in sale
Prices ranged from 30 to 240 dollars for a historic letter dated October 14 1777. The top bid was for a long English hand letter with clear script and several erasures, from Lafayette to Washington and later returned to the former after Washington's death.
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Influence in England Like That in America
London memoirs praise J P Morgan noting he wielded influence in England rivaling his impact in America. The Evening Standard says his power with vast resources would have shaped the world if he had lived. The Pall Mall Gazette calls him a towering constructive force in finance for two nations and a generous benefactor in many fields.
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This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!