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John Pierpont Morgan (1837-1913) was born in Hartford, Connecticut. In 1860, he became U.S. agent for his father's banking firm in London, and later went on to gain fame as an extraordinary financier and philanthropist.
http://projects.vassar.edu/1896/morganbonds.html
The story of the deal struck between J.P. Morgan and President Grover Cleveland to save the United States Gold Reserves.
http://www.netstate.com/states/peop/people/ct_jpm.htm
Vintage photograph, vital statistics and biographical information.
http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=733
Photos and information from Find A Grave.
http://spartacus-educational.com/USAmorgan.htm
Biographical information provided.
http://claver.gprep.org/fac/sjochs/jpmorgan-1.htm
Excerpt from "Biography of America".
http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~dav4is/people/MORG1665.htm
Detailed biographical information, including companies of which he became the director and charitable gifts bestowed.
http://www.pbs.org/wgbh/amex/1900/peopleevents/pande10.html
Excerpt from PBS series.
http://www.nybooks.com/articles/archives/1999/may/06/giant/
Preview of an article by Robert Skidelsky from The New York Review of Books, May 6, 1999.
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