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ArticleArtist, Politician, Photographer Long before his interest turned to telegraphy, Samuel Finley Breese Morse intended to be an artist but an idea and opportunity forever changed the course of his journey.
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ArticleCollection Highlights The Library of Congress highlights select items that both influenced and directed Samuel F. B. Morse's growth and eventual invention of the telegraph.
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ArticleArt and Travel These items highlight Morse's love of art, which motivated him to travel to Europe, where he became inspired to invent the electromagnetic telegraph.
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ArticleChildhood and Family Life Journal entries and letters from Morse reveals a childhood full of curiousty for academia, as well as an era in early America plagued by high mortality rates.
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ArticleDaguerreotype Morse was an early adopter of Louis Daguerre's photographic method and went on to teach this technique to the famous portrait photographer Mathew Brady.
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ArticleImpact of the Telegraph The significance of the telegraph was something Morse foresaw, and he knew how the technology would have to be handled to prevent misuse. He also earned great accolades from around the world...
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ArticleInvention of the Telegraph Morse needed technical and financial assistance in the beginning, and was also able to get funding from the U.S. government. These items also detail how he came up with the Morse Code...
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ArticleInvention of the Telegraph Long before Samuel F. B. Morse electrically transmitted his famous message "What hath God wrought?" from Washington to Baltimore on May 24, 1844, there were signaling systems that enabled people to communicate...
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ArticleMorse Family Tree A closer look is taken into Samuel F. B. Morse's family tree through this Library of Congress special presentation.
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ArticleTimeline Samuel F. B. Morse's life and career are carefully showcased in this special presentation timeline.
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