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George Morgan

The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
George Morgan 1743-1810, American merchant, Indian agent, and land speculator, b. Philadelphia. In 1765 he went as his firm's representative to engage in the fur trade in Illinois, but the venture failed. Morgan, interested in a tract of land (2,862 sq mi/6,565 sq km in what is now West Virginia) that had been ceded by the Native Americans in repayment for property destroyed in Pontiac's War (1763), helped to form (1776) the Indiana Company, with a land office at Fort Pitt. The state of Virginia successfully contested the company's claim after several years of litigation. In the American Rev... Read more
Morgan, (George) Frederick
Morgan, [George] Frederick (1922–2004),New York City‐born poet, after graduation from Princeton became a founder and the editor of... Read more
Morgan, Edwin (George)
Morgan, Edwin (George) (1920– ), Scottish poet and translator, educated at the University of Glasgow and professor of English there from... Read more

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