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Samuel F. B. Morse was born in Charlestown, Boston, Massachusetts, the first child of the pastor Jedidiah Morse, [1] who was also a geographer, and his wife Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese. [2] His father was a great preacher of the Calvinist faith and supporter of the Federalist Party .
Morse married his first wife Ann Camden Thompson on 29 June 1907 at Staatsburg-on-the-Hudson, Dutchess County, New York. [3] They had three children and their marriage lasted until 1916. Their children, Samuel F.B. Morse Jr., John Boit Morse and Nancy Morse Borland lived in California before moving to Illinois.
Jedidiah Morse [1] (August 23, 1761 – June 9, 1826) was an American geographer and preacher whose textbooks became a staple for students in the United States. He was the father of the telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel Morse, and his textbooks earned him the sobriquet of "father of American geography."
A former Playboy model killed herself and her 7-year-old son after jumping from a hotel in Midtown New York City on Friday morning. The New York Post reports that 47-year-old Stephanie Adams ...
Marquis de Lafayette (or Portrait of La Fayette) is an oil on canvas painting by Samuel Morse, from 1825. Mostly known for his invention of the telegraph , Morse was also an artist and a professor of painting and sculpture at the University of the City of New York .
Morse was then associated with his elder brother, Samuel Morse, in patenting the flexible piston pump and extending its sale. 1825 map of Asia by Morse In 1823, Morse moved to New York and, with his brother, Richard Cary Morse, founded the New York Observer , which eventually became the oldest weekly in New York City and the oldest religious ...
Portrait of James Monroe is a c.1819 portrait painting by the American artist Samuel Morse of the President of the United States James Monroe. [1]Monroe was the fifth president to hold office, and the fourth from Virginia.
Samuel Morse came to Smith hoping for his support to obtain a grant from Congress to build an experimental telegraph line. Smith offered to become Morse's counsel, publicity man, and promotional agent for his invention. [3] Smith was taken into partnership in 1838 and given a quarter interest in the patent.