Word: jedediah
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Dates: during 1927-1927
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...York Observer; wrote for it a report of a meeting of the Y. M. C. A (then a struggling fledgling) which won him an official position with the organization; became eventually (until 1915) general secretary of the International "Y," preceding John Raleigh Mott. His grandfather, Jedediah Morse (1761-1826) was the author of the first U. S. work on geography; Grandson Richard in his work crossed the Atlantic 50 times and several times circled the globe. Though the name "Morse" is derived from Latin mordere, to bite, "Uncle Richard" was kindly, was greatly beloved...