Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Letter and engraving of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph [Decimalized .01-.02]

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Collection Details

GLC#: GLC06329
Type: Header Record
Date: 1865-1870
Author/Creator: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Title: Letter and engraving of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph [Decimalized .01-.02]
Place Written: s.l.
Pagination: 2 items

Time Period

Primary time period: Civil War and Reconstruction, 1861-1877

Sub-Era: The American Civil War

People

Goodrich, William, fl. 1855-1895

Subjects

Inventor

Invention

Telegraph

Science and Technology

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Collection Item

Autograph letter signed

to Mrs. M. Stuart

18 August 1865

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

Gives the address of William Goodrich in Paris. Also encloses his photograph (not present). Replies to her request for his opinion on the Atlantic telegraph by saying "I have always had full faith in its final accomplishment; It is practicable...

GLC06329.01

Collection Item

Engraving

Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse. Inventor of the Magnetic Telegraph

circa 1870

Sartan, John, fl. 1870

Half-length engraving of Morse with his telegraph machine. Marked as after a photo from life.

GLC06329.02

Letter and engraving of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph [Decimalized .01-.02]

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Letter and engraving of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph [Decimalized .01-.02]

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