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3 unusual facts about Marcus Morton


Boston Custom House

—Opened August 1st, A.D. 1847, James K. Polk, President U.S.A.; Robert J. Walker Sec'y of the Treasury; Marcus Morton, Collector of the Port; Samuel S. Lewis, Robert G. Shaw, Commissioners; Ammi Burnham Young, Architect.

Lothrop Memorial Building-G.A.R. Hall

It was originally built in 1888 as the First Presbyterian Church, on land purchased from Marcus Morton.

Morton Marcus

Marcus Morton (1784-1864), American lawyer, jurist, and Governor of Massachusetts



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