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Morse (JOHN TORREY author born in He)

JOHN TORREY, author; born in 1840. He studied at Harvard, graduating in 1860, and then till 1880 practiced law at Boston. For three years ending 1879 he lectured on history at Harvard, and was associate editor with Henry Cabot Lodge on the "International Review." Since 1880 he has given himself over to literature, particularly in the biographical field. His works include: "Treatise on the Law Relating to Banks and Banking"; "Law of Arbitration and Award"; "Famous Trials"; "Life of Alexander Hamilton" (2 vols.); "Life and Letters of Oliver Wendell Holmes" (2 vols.); "John Quincy Adams"; "Thomas Jefferson"; "John Adams"; "Benjamin Franklin"; "Abraham Lincoln"; "Life and Letters of Colonel Henry Lee."