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

1865-1870

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

GLC06329

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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

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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

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Printed document

(House bill, no. 120.) . . . A bill to be entitled An act to compensate Charles E Stuart, Israel C. Owings and J. H. Taylor for the use of an improvement in instruments for sighting cannon.

26 May 1864

Confederate States of America. Congress

stamp of record division

GLC06745.095

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Autograph letter signed

to Charles Butler re: Atlantic cable

1866/08/16

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

"My prediction of the 1842-3 of the Atlantic Cable Project is at length realized. May it be a blessing to the World..."

GLC06805