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John Pierp Morgan Research Paper

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On April 17th, 1837 John Pierpont Morgan was born in Hartford Connecticut to Junius Spencer Morgan and Juliet Pierpont. He was born into a life of luxury. His father was a banker and built JM Beebe, Morgan & Co. It was the largest dry goods exporter in Boston. His father taught him how to speak, act, and think like a banker throughout his childhood. In 1857 after attending college in Europe, he returned to the United States and got a job working for the private banking house, Duncan, Sherman, and Company as a clerk. He was then named the American agent and attorney for George Peabody and Company in 1860. He married Amelia Sturges in 1861. People said she was his only true love but shortly after they married she died from tuberculosis. In

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