Henry Morgan (1825[when?]–1884[when?]) was an author and Methodist minister in Boston, Massachusetts, in the 19th century.
Biography
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Morgan moved to Boston in 1859. "He preached for some time to an independent congregation in the Music Hall. ... He was a popular lecturer."[1][2]
By 1872 he was pastor and property-owner of the Morgan Chapel, First Independent Methodist Church (est.1861) on Shawmut Avenue (at Indiana Place) in Boston's South End.[3]
Morgan died in 1884. In his will, he gave the Morgan Chapel "property in trust to the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches (Unitarian), with the understanding and proviso that it should be managed by a pastor appointed by the New England conference" of Methodists."[4][5]
References
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- ^ Samuel Austin Allibone. A critical dictionary of English literature and British and American authors, v.2. J. B. Lippincott company, 1899
- ^ Boston Directory. 1868
- ^ Boston Directory. 1873
- ^ Homiletic Review, v.47, Jan. 1904
- ^ Morgan Memorial. Annual report of the Benevolent Fraternity of Churches in the city of Boston. 1902
Further reading
editWorks by Morgan
edit- Ned Nevins: the news boy, or, Street life in Boston. Boston: Lee & Shepard, 1867.
- Shadowy hand; or, Life-struggles: a story of real life, 2nd ed. Morgan Chapel, Boston: H. Morgan, 1874.
- Boston inside out: a story of real life. 1894 ed.
- The Fallen Priest: Story Founded on Fact. Key and Sequel of 'Boston Inside Out.' Boston: Shawmut Publishing Company, 1882.
External links
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Wikimedia Commons has media related to Henry Morgan (minister).
- WorldCat
- Google news archive. Articles about Morgan Chapel.
- Morgan Memorial-Goodwill Industries, records at Boston University School of Theology.
Image gallery
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From Morgan's Ned Nevins, 1867. Illus. by Taylor & Adams -
From Morgan's Ned Nevins, 1867: "View of the coal dump" -
From Morgan's Ned Nevins, 1867: "Effect of Wendell Phillips' speech in Americanizing the Irish" -
From Morgan's Shadowy Hand, 1874
