J Pierpont Morgan remembered as bishop of arts and letters
A Boston parish tale highlights J Pierpont Morgan as a lifelong church member and benefactor. The 1894 gift of a deluxe Book of Common Prayer to St. Paul's Church Boston is described, along with Morgan's later patronage honors and his influence on American industry and finance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
Morgan
de Vinne
New York
Doane, Perry, Potter
W. P. Huntington
Grace Church
J. S. Kidney
Samuel Hart
Joseph Packard, Jr
Samuel Eliot
D. P. Updike
Bertram Goodhue
J. E. Hill
St. Paul's
Morgan & Beebe
St. Paul’s Church
Boston
J. Pierpont Morgan
St. Nicholas
Greer
St. George’s Church
Stuyvesant Square
Andd
R. Fulton Cutting
Seth Low
William BE. Curtis
John Seeley Ward
Henry W. Munroe
Mr. Morgan
Cincinnati
Catholic University of America
Washington, D. C
University
United States
United States Steel Corporation
International Mercantile Marine
Steel Corporation
Widow of Morgan and Her Quiet Home Life
New York reports on Mrs. Frances Louise Tracy Morgan wife of J Pierpont Morgan. She shuns society preferring home life with children and grandchildren aboard the Corsair III. Born in 1837 she keeps a low profile despite family prominence and press attention.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
America
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mrs. Morgan
Pierpont Morgan
Morgan
Frances Louise Tracy
Louisa
Herbert L. Satterlee
Mabel
Juliet Morgan
Morgans
William Pierson Hamilton
Elen
Pierpont
Laurens
Alexander
Elizabeth
Anne Morgan
Mistakes By Morgan and the Era of Rate Wars
The piece recalls J. Pierpont Morgan’s errors amid the rate wars and notes how his constructive planning shaped the period. It considers the postwar turmoil when crippled railroads faced receiverships and reorganizations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Pierpont Morgan
Mr. Morgan
Morgan's railroad reforms and Gold Reserves role
The article credits J P Morgan with reorganizing major railroads in the late 19th century including the Reading in 1886 the Chesapeake & Ohio in 1888 the Southern in 1893 the Erie in 1895 and stabilizing others like the Baltimore and Ohio in 1887. It notes his government aid beginning 1876 with the refunding of the national debt and a syndicate that sold 260 million in bonds. It explains his pivotal 1895 gold for bonds deal that halted gold exports and preserved specie payments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reading
Chesapeake & Ohio
Southern Railroad
Erie
Northern Pacific
Morgan
Baltimore & Ohio
Mr. Morgan
Drexels
Belmont
Rothschild
Cleveland
Professor Munsterberg to Speak at Chamber Luncheon
Professor Hugo Munsterberg of Harvard will address the Chamber of Commerce assembly luncheon at the American House at 12:30. He will discuss The Psychology of Business Efficiency and explain how to improve selling, advertising, and employee dealings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hugo Munsterberg
Harvard
Chamber of Commerce
American House
Munsterberg
Twenty Five Billion Dollars Controlled by J P Morgan
The article outlines J Pierpont Morgan s vast power detailing cash and property holdings far exceeding US annual revenue. It notes Morgan before the Pujo committee admitting influence over American money and lists major Morgan affiliated banks and concerns with assets totaling over 25 billion. It also mentions criticism over the Tennessee Coal iron takeover and Morgan s railroad financing role.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. P. Morgan
J. Pierpont Morgan
Orritain
Germany
France
Italy
United States
Pujo Congressional Tate Aimittee
America
Morgan
J. P. Morgan & Co
Guaranty Trust Company
J. Bankers’ Trust Company
First National Bank of New York
National City Bank
Coal & He
Tennessee Os Y Iron Company
The
Steel Corporation
New York
Erie
West Shore
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Httle
Lttle
Fribourg
Switzerland
Charles
W. Morse
F. A. Heinze
E. R. Thomas
O. F. Thomas
Charles T. Barney
Knickerbocker Trust Company
Oakleigh Thorne
Trust Company of America
Clearing House Association
House of Morgan
Messrs
Morgan, Jr
Davison, Baker
Converse
Vanderbilt, Et al
W. P. Hamilton
American Press Association
Library Bureau Perpetual Stock
L. B
Library Bureau
Federal Street
Mass
Fort Hill
Canada
Great Britain
Max
Woman OF the Home
Chamber
Eddy Refrigerators
Heywood- Wakefield
White Mountain
Metropolitan Manufacturing Company
Franklin Street
Westminster St
Providence
R. I
Stanvar
Tandard Arnish Jorks
Elm Park
Staten Island, N.Y
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