American painter and inventor (1791-1872). Autograph Letter Signed. New York. 4to. 1 p.
$ 6,878 / 6.500 €
(94442)
„Allow me to introduce to myou my friend Edward N. Kent, Esq. Chemist of 116 John St. who is desirous of seeing you, and of making some arrangements in regard to the Telegraphic paper. […]“ Morse first seriously contemplated the idea of a telegraph in 1832, filing a caveat for his invention with the U.S. Patent office in September 1837. By 1844, the mechanism that introduced the world to instantaneous electronic communication was in operation. After sending the first telegraphed message, „What hath God wrought!“ from the chambers of the U.S. Supreme Court to the B&O Railroad depot in Baltimore in 1844, Morse hired Amos Kendall as his business manager the following year.
American painter and inventor (1791-1872). Autograph Letter Signed. New York. 8vo. 1 1/2 pp.
$ 4,761 / 4.500 €
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To William Stickney (1827-1881), co-founder of the Columbia Institution for the Deaf (later Gallaudet University) and private secretary to his father-in-law, influential politician and telegraph magnate Amos Kendall (1789-1869). „I have just received my new scrip, (From Mr. Douglas,) of the So. West Teleg. Co. and your fraction is issued to me. I send you, therefore, my check for the same $ 8.33 which I believe is correct, (not being able to refer to my books which are at Po’keepsie). We are now at our Summer home.
We received the cardsof Mr. Babcock & Miss Mallie, and Mr. & Mrs. Kendall. Pray make to them our congratulations, and best wishes for the happiness of the whole family circle, in this new connection. Tell Mr. & Mrs. Kendall that we are also have had marriages here. - A distant cousin married at my house last week, and the day after a niece Miss Louisa Morse, at her father’s at New Haven werhe we all attended. Give our kind regards to Mr. and Mrs. Kendall, and all the family […]“.
American painter and inventor (1791-1872). Autograph letter signed ("Saml. F. B. Morse"). Poughkeepsie. 12.12.1862. 8vo. 1 p. on bifolium.
$ 4,761 / 4.500 €
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To Charles H. Morse, responding to a query about a man who may have been a former employee, and requesting more information: "[...] By having answers to these questions, I might be able to find his friends, and the relief he requires [...]". - With a printed order of service for his memorial service on 16th April 1872 (8vo, 1 p.).