Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York : Henry Holt and company · leaf 206
nother at-tempt on my part to introduce to the world my new in-vention. On March 4, 1843, Morse wrote to Vail: You will be glad to learn, doubtless, that my bill haspassed the Senate without a division, and without opposi-tion, so that now the telegraphic enterprise begins to lookbright. . . . The… … Born September 25, 1807. Died January 19, 1859 [From a daguerreotype taken about 1853, in the possession of his son, JamesCumming Vail, JMorristown, N. J.] SAMUEL F. B. MORSE 159 salary was $2,500 a year. On March 31, Vail became as-sistant superintendent: three dollars a day was his…
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