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John  Morgan. 
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direction  of  a  Rev.  Mr.  Finley,  and  had  a  high  reputation  through- 
out the  middle  colonies  for  its  thorough  instruction  in  Latin  and 
Greek. 
After  the  founding  of  the  College  of  Philadelphia,  Morgan  was 
transferred  to  the  latter  institution,  and  about  the  same  time  was 
apprenticed  to  Dr.  John  Redman,  one  of  the  most  successful  as  well 
as  one  of  the  most  popular  of  the  early  physicians  of  Philadelphia. 
In  this  double  capacity  of  student  and  apprentice  Morgan  con- 
tinued until  1757,  when  he  graduated  from  the  College  of  Philadel- 
phia, being  one  of  the  class  of  seven,  the  first  to  receive  a  collegiate 
degree  in  Philadelphia. 
It  was  during  this  same  period  of  his  apprenticeship  that  John 
Morgan  served  as  apothecary  to  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital.  Dr. 
Redman,  his  preceptor,  was  at  that  time  one  of  the  physicians  to 
the  hospital,  and  it  was  at  his  suggestion  that  Morgan  was  appointed 
to  fill  the  vacancy  that  had  occurred  on  the  resignation  of  Jonathan 
Roberts,  the  first  apothecary. 
After  serving  thirteen  months  as  apothecary  in  the  hospital, 
Morgan  resigned,  May  I,  1756,  and  was  succeeded  by  John  Bond,  a 
nephew  of  Dr.  Thomas  Bond,  another  one  of  the  physicians  and 
also  one  of  the  founders  of  the  Pennsylvania  Hospital. 
After  graduating  from  the  College  of  Philadelphia  and  complet- 
ing his  term  of  apprenticeship  with  Dr.  Redman,  Morgan  enlisted 
as  lieutenant  and  surgeon,  with  the  provincial  troops  in  their  cam- 
paign during  the  French  War. 
From  his  own  statements,  as  well  as  from  contemporary  reports, 
it  appears  that  it  was  in  the  capacity  of  surgeon  that  Morgan  was 
chiefly  engaged.  His  fellow-apprentice,  lifelong  friend  and  biog- 
rapher, Dr.  Benjamin  Rush,  in  speaking  of  this  period,  lauds  Morgan 
very  highly  for  his  diligence  and  humanity  in  attending  the  sick  and 
wounded,  and  intimates  that  Morgan,  even  at  that  time,  possessed 
.  considerable  skill  as  a  physician  and  surgeon. 
Morgan  left  the  army  in  1760,  and  on  the  advice  of  his  former 
preceptor  and  other  friends,  went  to  Europe  to  perfect  himself  in  his 
profession. 
Through  the  personal  friendship  of  Benjamin  Franklin,  then  a 
resident  in  London  as  the  agent  for  the  Province  of  Pennsylvania, 
he  was  introduced  to  a  number  of  the  prominent  medical  men  and 
scientists  in  the  English  metropolis.    He  thus  had  an  opportunity 
