Rev. W. F. Morgan Presentation Copy · Cleveland, Ohio
Gift from George D. Morgan to his brother Rev. W. F. Morgan, New Year’s 1859.
Presentation / Association
Gift from George D. Morgan to his brother Rev. W. F. Morgan, New Year’s 1859.
Provenance Chain
George D. Morgan → Rev. W. F. Morgan → Willis Thornton → Western Reserve University
Provenance Narrative
George Denison Morgan’s marriage to Caroline Amelia Hale, the author’s aunt, supplies a probable family route for the book. No document records the initial handoff.
Sources and Documentation
Case Western Reserve University, Kelvin Smith Library catalog and provenance documentation; copy-specific photographs of the binding, presentation inscription, estate bookplate, and circulation slip; Hale and Morgan family records; Irvington local histories and historical Westchester County Savings Bank accounts documenting George D. Morgan’s Irving associations. The proposed Hale-family route into C021 is explicitly identified as a strong inference, not a documented transfer.
People in This Copy
- George D. Morgan
- Caroline Amelia Hale Morgan
- Rev. William F. Morgan, D.D.
- Willis Thornton
