DS, seven pages, 8 x 13, February 20, 1894. Lengthy Supreme Court of New York legal document in which the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund bring a case against a group of people, led by Charles H. Jenkins, for failing to repay a $100,000 mortgage. Signed at the conclusion by Morgan, serving as treasurer of the Trustees of the Peabody Education Fund, and countersigned by a notary. In fine condition, with expected document wear and a stray ink blot to the first letter of Morgan’s signature. Accompanied by a full letter of authenticity from PSA/DNA. The Peabody Education Fund was established in 1867 to promote education in the South, seeking to aid elementary education by strengthening existing schools, many of which had been crippled by the Civil War. An unusual document demonstrating Morgan’s philanthropic side.
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