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Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 to Catherine Pattison

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06328 Author/Creator: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 27 August 1837 Pagination: 4 p. : address ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Mentions visiting Boston, Plymouth, and Cape Cod where he made a search for the relics of the Mayflower and the Pilgrims. Updates her on the progress of the telegraph. Reports that the telegraph is testing well but expresses some anxiety over being beaten to the punch. " ... I have reason to fear that other nations will have taken the hint, and will rob me both of the credit and the profit." Mentions what is being printed in journals about the issue. Comments on visiting her and tells her he loves receiving her letters. Discusses the works of Hannah More, an English evangelical writer and proclaims his views on religion. Separate address leaf page.

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Pattison, Catherine A., fl. 1837
More, Hannah, 1745-1833

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