Research Catalog

Details

Additional authors

1. Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866
2. Earle, Pliny, 1809-1892
3. Gallaudet, Thomas, 1822-1902
4. Wood, George, 1799-1870

Description

1. .1 linear foot (1 folder)

Summary

1. A small collection of letters and documents of American artist and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. Material consists of ten letters from Morse to George Wood, Theodore Dwight, Thomas Gallaudet, Pliny Earle, the New York Tribune, and others; an account of Morse's visit to Charleston, Massachusetts, in 1856 after an 18 year absence; a sketch made in court in 1855; and miscellaneous clippings, cut signatures, facsimiles, and photostats.

Genre/Form

1. Sketches.

Call number

1. MssCol 4557

Language

1. English

Access (note)

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Provenance (note)

1. Some material was originally part of the Ford Collection.

Author

1. Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872.

Title

1. Samuel F.B Morse letters and documents, 1844-1872.

Restricted access

1. Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.

Provenance

1. Some material was originally part of the Ford Collection.

Occupation

1. Artists.
2. Inventors.

Added author

1. Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866. Addressee
2. Earle, Pliny, 1809-1892. Addressee
3. Gallaudet, Thomas, 1822-1902. Addressee
4. Wood, George, 1799-1870. Addressee

Research call number

1. MssCol 4557