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Samuel F.B Morse letters and documents
- Title
- Samuel F.B Morse letters and documents, 1844-1872.
- Author
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872.
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Status | Format | Access | Call Number | Item Location |
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Mixed material | Request in advance | MssCol 4557 | Schwarzman Building - Manuscripts & Archives Room 328 |
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- Description
- .1 linear foot (1 folder)
- Summary
- 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
- Sketches.
- Access (note)
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Provenance (note)
- Some material was originally part of the Ford Collection.
- Call Number
- MssCol 4557
- OCLC
- 812936764
- Author
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872.
- Title
- Samuel F.B Morse letters and documents, 1844-1872.
- Restricted Access
- Apply to Manuscripts and Archives Division for access at http://www.nypl.org/mssref.
- Provenance
- Some material was originally part of the Ford Collection.
- Occupation
- Artists.Inventors.
- Added Author
- Dwight, Theodore, 1796-1866. AddresseeEarle, Pliny, 1809-1892. AddresseeGallaudet, Thomas, 1822-1902. AddresseeWood, George, 1799-1870. Addressee
- Research Call Number
- MssCol 4557