Iles, George, 1852-1942 · New York, H. Holt and company · leaf 200
another 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, 1S07. Died January 19, 1859 [Prom a daguerreotype taken about 1853,in the possession of his son, JamesCummins Vail, Morristown, 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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