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Lightning Man_ The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse - Kenneth Silverman [246]

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1833. In the time between/ The discussion of the European political situation here and throughout the chapter is based on Berkeley, Church, Droz, Langer, Pilbeam, and Rudé. Morse welcomed/ Contention: SFB to G. L. Verplanck, 2 Jan 1832, New-York Historical Society. Morse admired Gree-nough/ Excellence: SFB to John L. Morton, 18 Apr 1831, National Academy of Design. Depravity: Horatio Greenough to SFB, 23 Apr 1832, M5. Ballast: ELM, I, 413–14. Primed: N. Wright, Horatio Greenough, 81. During his year in Paris/ Slaves: Horatio Greenough to SFB, 24 Aug 1834, M6. Ding: Horatio Greenough to SFB, 23 Apr 1832, M5. On Paris see Cooper (Gleanings), Pinkney, and Levenstein. Members of the American/ Fellow-citizen: M6, fr. 138; see also unidentified newspaper clipping reprinted from the Daily Advertiser, Leila Morse scrapbooks, Columbia University Library. Practically every evening/ Unconciliating: Waples, 122, 133, 134. Morse admired Cooper/ Taunt: SFB to Margaret Breese, 8 Dec 1828, University of Rochester Library. Cherished: SFB to Benjamin Silliman, 12 Jul 1832, Silliman Papers, Yale University Library. For his part/ Fellow: Cooper, Letters and Journals, III, 239 Captivate: Cooper, Letters and Journals, III, 375. Nevertheless, the rumor/ Dignity: SFB to DeWitt Bloodgood, 24 Aug 1830, New-York Historical Society. Conscience: ELM, I, 413. Through Cooper and Lafayette/ Price: ELM, I, 405. Influence: ELM, I, 406. On Louis-Philippe see Howarth. Cooper thought otherwise/ Mummery: Cooper, Letters and Journals, III, 79 Volcano: Cooper, Letters and Journals, III, 240. Parisians protested/ Dashed: P, p. 227. Morse became an active/ Cavalier: P, p. 229 See also Kramer, 253–73. Morse also wrote/ Outcasts: Badger’s Weekly Messenger, 2 g Feb 1832. The museum’s mammoth/ Mist: SFB to Margaret Breese, 25 Dec 1829, University of Rochester Library. Numerous: Staiti, Samuel F. B. Morse, 244. Morse painted/Yellow: Cooper, Letters and Journals, II, 163, 238. Pains: P, p. 715. Sometime around the new/ Closest: P, p. 228. Interested: SFB to James Fenimore Cooper (typed transcript), 6 Sep 1832, M6. Danger: Staiti, “God, Family, and Art,” 14. Morse considered his Grand Gallery/ Correct: SFB to his brothers, 18 Jul 1832, M6. Sensation: Cooper, Letters and Journals, III, 172. Morse planned to complete/ Intimacy: James Fenimore Cooper to SFB, 21 Sep 1832, Morristown National Historical Park. On the completed painting see Tatham. As he got ready/ Boiling: SFB to [his brothers?], undated fragment ca. Apr 1830, M26. Sword: SFB, “Sketches of France, Italy and Switzerland,” N-YO, 2 Mar 1833. Morse also appreciated/ Persuasion: SFB to the Marquis de Lafayette, 5 Mar 1833, American Antiquarian Society. Morse had also come/ Patriots: SFB to G. L. Verplanck, 2 Jan 1832, New-York Historical Society. Many Americans who had not been abroad of course shared Morse’s view. But three months/ Never: SFB to the Marquis de Lafayette, 26 Jan 1833, American Antiquarian Society. When he left America/ Tormented: SFB to DeWitt Bloodgood, 24 Aug 1830, New-York Historical Society. Dribbled: N. Wright, Letters, 125. Where was his/ Stake: P, p. 288. Hang: N. Wright, Letters, 144. But hanging on/ Wasted: SFB to G. L. Verplanck, 2 Jan 1832, New-York Historical Society.


SIX: ANOMALOUS, NONDESCRIPT, HERMAPHRODITE

Morse’s return to New/ On New York University see T. Jones, Frusciano and Pettit, and SFB documents at NYU Archives, Bobst Library, New York University. Shortly after resuming/ Absurd: SFB to John L. Morton, 19 Oct 1830, National Academy of Design. In January 1833/ Violation: see Rebora, 309–17. Morse spent two/ Incubus: SFB to Henry Pratt, 26 Mar 1833, Massachusetts Historical Society. Returning to his easel/ Italy: Jaffe, Italian Presence, 196–g7. Imitation: SFB, Lectures on the Affinity, 59 Imagination: Hone, I, g2–g3. However Morse’s European/ Feeling: SFB to James Fenimore Cooper, 21 Feb 1833, M6. Principles: SFB to Henry Pratt, 26 Mar 1833, Massachusetts Historical Society. Herculean: Staiti, Samuel F. B. Morse, tgg. Despite his professorship/ Mental: SFB to DeWitt Bloodgood,

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