Morgan buys his first literary manuscript
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- The House of Morgan - An American Banking Dynasty and the whole source · open book
Before Junius’s death, Pierpont’s collections were modest; in 1888, he had bought his first literary manuscript, a Thackeray. Now he embarked on a buying spree that would eventually produce the world’s largest art collection in private hands.
chapter: 4. Corsair