John Torrey Morse
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 biographies of Alexander Hamilton in two volumes, considered his most significant work. He also wrote biographies on John and J. Q. Adams, Jefferson, Lincoln, Franklin, and Dr. Holmes. Morse also authored Banks and Banking, Arbitration and Award, and Famous Trials.[1]
Works
- Famous trials (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
- Thomas Jefferson
- Abraham Lincoln
References
External links
- Works by John Torrey Morse at Project Gutenberg
- Works by or about John Torrey Morse at the Internet Archive
- Works by John Torrey Morse at LibriVox (public domain audiobooks)
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