Samuel F.B. Morse: his letters and journals. Edited and supplemented by his son Edward Lind Morse; illustrated with reporductions of his paintings and with notes and diagrams bearing on the invention of the telegraph (1914)
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872, Morse, Edward Lind, 1857- · Boston Houghton Mifflin · leaf 500
of friendly inter-course with Cyrus W. Field, who was then in London,as the following letter to him, dated March 1, 1867, willshow: — Singular as it may seem, I was in the midst of yourspeech before the Chamber of Commerce reception toyou in New York, perusing it with deep interest, whenmy valet… … MORSE IN OLD AGE LOUIS NAPOLEON 451 you so richly deserve. You invite me to London. Ihave the matter under consideration. March windsand that boisterous channel have some weight in mydecision, but I so long to take you by the hand and toget posted upon Telegraph matters at home, that I feeldisposed…
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