Samuel F. B. Morse His Letters and Journals [Paperback]

First published in 1914, this two-volume collection, with commentary, illuminates the remarkable life of the telegraph inventor.Published in 1914, this two-volume collection yields insights into the life of the artist and inventor Samuel Morse (17911872), who spent decades fighting to be recognised for his role in devising the electromagnetic telegraph. Volume 1 provides revealing observations by an American on Europe in the nineteenth century.Published in 1914, this two-volume collection yields insights into the life of the artist and inventor Samuel Morse (17911872), who spent decades fighting to be recognised for his role in devising the electromagnetic telegraph. Volume 1 provides revealing observations by an American on Europe in the nineteenth century.The American inventor Samuel Morse (17911872) spent decades fighting to be recognised for his key role in devising the electromagnetic telegraph. While he will always be remembered in the history of telecommunications, and for co-developing the code which bears his name, Morse started out as a painter and also involved himself in matters of politics over the course of his career. Published in 1914, this two-volume collection of personal papers was edited by his son, who provides helpful commentary throughout, illuminating the struggles and successes of a remarkable life. Volume 1 includes observations made in Europe while Morse studied painting. During the Napoleonic wars, he writes letters home describing the rising level of crime and social unrest in London, mentioning that he sleeps with a pistol. He is in London when Spencer Perceval is assassinated and later writes of meeting Turner, 'the best landscape painter living'.Preface; 1. April 27, 1791September 8, 1810; 2. October 31, 1810August 17, 1811; 3. August 24, 1811December 1, 1811; 4. January 18, 1812August 6, 1812; 5. September 20, 1812June 13, 1813; 6. July 10, 1813April 6, 1814; 7. May 2, 1814October 11, 1814; 8. November 9, 1814April 23, 181ló–