. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ing his way into the veiy heart of the city,he was captured, was later exchanged, becamea colonel of a Virginia regiment and took aprominent part in the Saratoga later joined Washington in New Jer-sey, resigned because of his disgust at themanagement of the war, but afterwardsfought under Gates in the southern cam-paign. In command of the American forcesat the Battle of the Cowpens, he won a mem-orable victoiy over Colonel T
. The American educator; completely remodelled and rewritten from original text of the New practical reference library, with new plans and additional material. ing his way into the veiy heart of the city,he was captured, was later exchanged, becamea colonel of a Virginia regiment and took aprominent part in the Saratoga later joined Washington in New Jer-sey, resigned because of his disgust at themanagement of the war, but afterwardsfought under Gates in the southern cam-paign. In command of the American forcesat the Battle of the Cowpens, he won a mem-orable victoiy over Colonel Tarletons cav-alry. He was made a major-general in thearmy during the Whisky Insurrection andrepresented Virginia in Congress in 1796. MORGAN, Henry, Sir (1635-1688), a fa-mous English buccaneer, born in a child he was kidnapped and soldinto slavers^ in Barbados, from which re-gion he worked his way to Jamaica. Therehe participated in several buccaneering ex-peditions. In 1663, as master of a ship, heacquired fame by his daring attacks upontowns of the West Indies and Central Amer-ica. His most famous exploit was the sack of MORGAN 2412 MORLEY. Maracaibo, where, after capturing the town,he led his men in pillage and the most ten-i-ble excessess. MORGAN, John Pierpont (1837-1913),the most notable American financier of hisgeneration, declared by some authorities thegreatest that the country has produced. Hisgenius for financial reorganization of crip-pled industi-y was almost unfailing. Morganpractically dictated the financial policies ofmany industries for years. He believed inbig business, in combinations of capital ina single industrial field, and under his coun-sel many so-called trusts were organ-ized. He was dis-liked by the elementthat fears the powerof money, and hatedby radicals whopreach that the pos-session of wealth is//),criminal. However,he was unmoved bypublic opinion. Hispersonal life wasabove reproach; he j. pierpontwas deeply religious, morgan and he g
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