She lived only a few years.
Mr.Morton was next in Boston in the dry-goods house of James Beebe Morgan & Company, and was soon made a partner.

Mr.Morgan was the father of Pierpont Morgan.

It is everlastingly to Mr.Morton's honour that after he failed in business in New York he was able before long to invite his creditors to dinner, and underneath the service plate of each creditor was a check for payment in full.
Preferring to give money while living, his whole path has been marked by large benefactions.

My memory is of his Hanover life and his friendship with my father, but it is interesting to note the several steps in his career: Honorary Commissioner, Paris Exposition, 1878; Member 46th Congress, 1879-81, Sixth New York District; United States Minister to France, 1881-85; Vice-President of the United States, 1889-93; Governor of New York, 1895-6.
Mr.Morton recently celebrated at his Washington home the ninety-first anniversary in a life full of honours, and what is more important--of honour..