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John Torrey Morse (1840–1937) was an American historian and biographer. He was born in Boston, Massachusetts on January 9, 1840, and lived in that city as a lawyer. Morse was the editor of the American Statesmen Series and published a biography of Alexander Hamilton in two volumes, considered his most significant work. He also wrote biographies of John and John Quincy Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Franklin, and Dr. Holmes. Morse also authored A Treatise on the Law of Banks and Banking, The Law of Arbitration and Award, and Famous Trials.[1]

Works

• Famous Trials: The Tichborne Claimant, Troppmann, Prince Pierre Bonaparte, Mrs. Wharton, The meteor, Mrs. Fair (1874)
• Benjamin Franklin (1889)
• John Adams (1894)
• Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes (1896)
• John Quincy Adams (1899)
• A Treatise on the Law of Banks and Banking (1928)
• The Life of Alexander Hamilton (1876)
• Thomas Jefferson (1890)
• Abraham Lincoln (1893)
• The Law of Arbitration and Award (1872)

See also

• 1875 Massachusetts legislature

References

External links

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• Works by John Torrey Morse at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)

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