Collection of letters of Samuel F. B. Morse to Edward P. Fry concerning the New York - Philadelphia telegraph [Decimalized .01-.08]

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GLC#
GLC04503
Type
Header Record
Date
1844-1870
Title
Collection of letters of Samuel F. B. Morse to Edward P. Fry concerning the New York - Philadelphia telegraph [Decimalized .01-.08]
Place Written
Various Places
Pagination
8 items
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Telegraph
Science and Technology
Invention
Inventor
Finance
Business and Finance
Infrastructure

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Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Edward P. Fry

July 1844

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Writes that he has seen Mr. Smith who will be at his office tomorrow morning. States that Mr. Burbank, the man who is in charge of negotiations for Morse, is at Lovejoy's Hotel and advises Fry to bring this letter as an introduction. Dated...

GLC04503.01
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Edward P. Fry

July 16, 1859

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Replies to Fry's letter stating that he will inform him of his partners' decisions as soon as he hears from them. Comments that he is convalescent and will probably pass through Philadelphia to New York soon. Advises that if a satisfactory...

GLC04503.02
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Edward P. Fry

10 July 1844

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Writes that he has just received word from his partners that a proprietor will contract to complete a telegraph line from Philadelphia to New York for $60,000 to be finished by 1 January 1845. Includes technical details about the line and how the...

GLC04503.03
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Edward P. Fry

22 August 1844

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Regrets that he cannot yet give Fry an answer to his request because he cannot get in touch with all the other proprietors. Sends a paper Fry requested (not present), and states he has made an improvement in the telegraph machinery which will allow...

GLC04503.04
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Edward P. Fry

1 January 1869

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Replies to Fry's request for his memories of events occurring in 1844. Morse states that " ... with my feeble memory in regard to the details, I fear I can give you but little satisfaction." Remembers negotiating with Amos Kendall to have him put...

GLC04503.05
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Edward P. Fry

11 March 1870

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Thanks Fry for sending a memorandum that proves that Morse was interested in having the government own the telegraph invention back in 1844. States that he made concessions to make it easier and less costly for the government but that they did not...

GLC04503.06
Collection Item
Autograph letter signed

to Edward P. Fry

14 March 1870

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Complains about mail he has sent that has failed to reach its destination, including a recent letter to Fry. Includes a transcript of the earlier note that was never received in which he thanks Fry for information sent to him proving that Morse was...

GLC04503.07
Collection Item
Autograph note signed

[List of letters sent from Samuel F. B. Morse to Edward P. Fry]

March 14, 1870

Fry, Edward P., fl. 1844-1870

Lists dates and places written of five letters sent from Morse to Fry concerning the formation of a telegraph line from New York to Philadelphia in 1844. Note at bottom states that other letters from 1870 were included in order to make a book of...

GLC04503.08