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Sartan, John, fl. 1870 Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse. Inventor of the Magnetic Telegraph

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06329.02 Author/Creator: Sartan, John, fl. 1870 Place Written: s.l. Type: Engraving Date: circa 1870 Pagination: 1 engraving : b&w Height: 23 cm, Width: 15 cm Order a Copy

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

Sartan, John, fl. 1870
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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