Crowbar Governor: The Life and Times of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley

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DPOOFDUJDVU The Life anD Times of MoRgaN GaRdNeR Bulkeley anD Times of MoRgaN N GaRdNeR Bulkeley Wesleyan University Press Middletown CT 06459 www.wesleyan.edu/wespress ∫ 2010 Kevin Murphy All rights reserved Manufactured in the United States of America The Driftless Connecticut Series is funded by the Beatrice Fox Auerbach Foundation Fund at the Hartford Foundation for Public Giving. Wesleyan University Press is a member of the Green Press Initiative. The paper used in this book meets their minimum requirement for recycled paper. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data Murphy, Kevin (Kevin J.), 1949– Crowbar governor : the life and times of Morgan Gardner Bulkeley / Kevin Murphy. p. cm. Includes bibliographical references and index. isbn 978-0-8195-7074-1 (cloth : alk. paper) 1. Bulkeley, Morgan G. (Morgan Gardner), 1837—1922. 2. Governors—Connecticut—Biography. 3. United States. Congress. Senate—Biography. 4. Statesmen— Connecticut—Biography. 5. Connecticut—Biography. I. Title. f100.m87 2010 974.6%04092—dc22 [B] 2010020786 5 4 3 2 1 Dedicated to robert d. murphy, m.d. & mary c. murphy, r.n. Two hearts cast together in a war-torn world. This page intentionally left blank ...