became prominent/ Whirlpool: JM to his father, 28 Feb 1794, Y Such ominous/ See, for instance, JM, Sermon Preached at Charlestown, November 29, 1798, on the Anniversary Thanksgiving (1799). Jedediah’s fiery/ Unhappy: JM to John Jay, 23 May 1800, Y. Concerned above/ Rise: “Directions for the behaviour of Samuel Finley Breese Morse, by his Father,” 1 Nov 1799, Phillips Academy. Observe: JM to SFB, 19 Dec 1800, Y. Settled in the/ Retire: SFB to JM, 19 Aug 1799, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Daily: EM to her sons, 11 Feb 1804, Phillips Academy. The longdistance/ Vary: JM to his sons, 12 Feb 1804, Phillips Academy. Vulgar: various letters from JM to SFB, 1799–1805, Phillips Academy. The letters Finley/ Character: JM to SFB, 7 Mar 1801, Y. Indulgence: JM to SFB and SM, 3 Nov 1802, Y. Jedediah rarely/ Peculiar: JM to [unidentified], 17 Nov 1800, Y. And Jedediah and/ Remember: Oliver Brown to SFB, 18 Sep 1801, Phillips Academy. Once Finley left/ Preceptor: JM to his sons, 1 Aug 1803, Y. Omitted: JM to his sons, 12 Mar 1804, Phillips Academy. And Finley’s improvement/ Hills: JM to SFB, 17 Oct 1804, Phillips Academy. Of Finley’s improvement/ Prepared: SFB to SM and RM, 15 Mar 1805, M1. While becoming more/ Instructions: JM to his father, 25 Oct 1802, Y Amusement: JM to his sons, 1 Oct 1804, Phillips Academy. Manly: JM to SFB and SM, 3 Nov 1802, Y Finley now learned/ Stranger: ELM, I, 9. Finley felt belittled/ Anxious: JM to SFB, 18 Nov 1805, M1. When Finley at last/ Amusements: EM to SFB, 23 Nov 1805, M1. The question of/ Homesick: SFB to his parents, 25 Dec 1805, M1. Determine: EM to SFB, 27 Dec 1805, M1. Finley retaliated/ Brevity: SFB to JM, 20 Jan 1806, M1. Segars: EM to SFB, 1 Feb 1806, M1. The last condition/ Absent: SFB to his parents, 7 Jun 1807, M1. Exercise: SFB to his parents, 13 May 1807, M1. Around the fall/ Careful: EM to SFB, 1 Feb 1806, M1. Expend: SFB to his parents, 22 Oct 1805, M1. But Finley found/ Gluttons: EM to SFB, 1 Feb 1806, M1. Promised: EM to SFB, 23 Nov 1805, M1. Finley knew that/ Pocketbook: SFB to his brothers, 1 Jun 1809, M1. Blaming: SFB to his parents, 6 Mar 1808, M1. Jedediah and Elizabeth/ Disappointed: SFB to his parents, 9 Jan 1909, M1. Finley’s lusterless/ Whim: EM to SFB, 23 Nov 1805, M1. Steady, Fondness: P, p. 14; JM to SFB, 15 Jan 1806, M1. But at Yale/ Blow: P, p. 22. Finley developed/ Contents: SFB to his parents, 30 Jun 1807, M1. Trash: SFB to his parents, 25 Jan 1808, M1. Forever: document of 4 Mar 1808, Y. Jedediah and Elizabeth badly/ Prayers: EM to her sons, 13 Nov 1808, Y Mortify: JM to “Dr. Green,” 24 Dec 1805, M1. The world outside/ Dissolves: JM to Joseph Lyman (copy), 15 Jun 1805, Y Fountain: JM to Joseph Lyman, 19 Feb 1805, M1. Jesus: JM to “Dr. Osgood,” 3 Apr 1805, M1. The political situation/ Fallen: JM to Joseph Lyman, 22 Apr 1806, M1. Finley’s graduation/ Heart: SFB to Jennette Hart (copy), 30 May 1813, M2. The misery arose/ Admire: P, p. 25. Jedediah put off/ Best: ELM, I, 22. After learning the plan/ Determined: ELM, I, 23. Finley’s training/ Designed: JM to [unidentified], 18 Jul 1811, M1. Having consented/ Solicitude: JM to [unidentified], 18 Jul 1811, M1. With two piano-playing/ Singularly: ELM, I, 33.
TWO: NO ONE UNINSPIRED BY THE MUSES MAY ENTER
The honored place/ Recommended: SFB to [unidentified], 17 Sep 1811, M1. Finley took rooms/ Reference: P, p. 41. SFB and Leslie later moved to 8 Buckingham Place. Many other artists/ Perfection: SFB to Jennette Hart, 30 May 1813, M2. Angel: SFB to his parents, 30 May 1813, M2. On Allston’s work see Gerdts, “A Man of Genius.” Through Allston/ Rubens: P, p. 36. Finley also visited fellow New Englander John Singleton Copley, expatriated, now in his seventies, and infirm: “his powers of mind have almost entirely left him; his late paintings are miserable.” ELM, I, 47. Only a few days/Voyage: SFB to [unidentified], 17 Sep 1811, M1. With an introduction/ Admittance: P, p. 35. On the Royal Academy see Hutchison and Newman. Finley first decided/ Difficult: SFB to his parents, 21 Oct 1811, M1, and cf. P, p. 40. Allston oversaw/