18 Mar 1845, M10. Obstacles: SFB to [Cave Johnson] (draft), [Mar 1845], M10. Morse’s defeat brought/ Greatness: undated circular for Prominent Men of Business and Enterprise, HORP See also Sellers and Feller. Morse did not share/ Trifling: SFB to B. F. Mudgett (copy), 23 Oct 1857, M27. Morse’s deliverance/ Whiffet: Shoptaugh, 1. See also AK’s Autobiography. Kendall became Jackson’s/ Marat: Sellers, 326. Dark: Martineau, 54. Contemporaries of this/ Honesty: Remini, 485. Suspicious: Rochester Daily Advertiser, 2g Sep 1848. Machine: Shoptaugh, 326. Trade: SFB to AK, 14 Feb 1857, M27. Desire: AK to SFB, g Mar 1847, WU. No less important/ Murmur: Kendall, Autobiography, 657. In a decision/ Manage: SFB to Leonard Gale, 11 Mar 1845, M10. Earthly: AK to SFB, 14 Mar 1847, WU. One month after/ Complete: agreement of 14Jul 1845, WU. Agency: AK to SFB, 4 Mar 1845, Mi o. Morse’s agreement/ Trade: FOJS to AK, 6 Aug 1845, S. Kendall was also/ Heart: AK to FOJS, 12 Aug 1845, S. Folks: FOJS to EC, 17 Aug 1845, C. Kendall drew up/ Newer: HOR to AK, 6 Sep 1845, V. On O’Reilly see also D. Perkins. In his agreement/ Field: HOR to Henry Rogers, 18 Jun 1846, HORLB. On the various agreements see AK, Morse’s Telegraph and the O’Reilly Contract (1848). The high-risk/ Great: HOR to FOJS (copy), 26 Jul 1845, C. Soldier: HOR to AK (draft), 18 Aug 1846, HORSB. Brothers: HOR to AK, 17 Aug 1845, V. Morsograph: HOR to SFB, 4 Feb 1846, M1 o. Kendall worried/ Outline: HOR to AK, 8 Jul 1845, HORLB. Field: AK to HOR, 12 Jul 1845, HORSB. Although Kendall spoke/ Short: AK to FOJS, 31 Jul 1845, C. Kendall admittedly/ Know: Kendall, Autobiography, 529. Calm: AK to FOJS, 25 Aug 1845, S. At the moment/ Benevolent: P, p. 594. Similar European/ Stay: SFB to AV, 26 Jul 1845, V-NYHS. Thousands: AV to SFB, 30 Jul 1845, M10. Morse offered/ Nonsense: AV to George Vail, 13 Aug 1845, V-NYHS. Vail’s book remains valuable for its information on the early history of Morse’s invention and for its eighty-one woodcuts. In setting out/ Command: SFB to AV, 8 Oct 1845, V London journals/ Informed: Mg, fr. 319. Thefts: M33, fr. 365. Morse had inspected/ Needle: Pictorial Times, 11 Oct 1845. And as in Wheatstone’s/ Advantage: SFB to AV, 1 Sep 1845, V Adopted: SFB, memo dated 2 Oct 1845, M10. Truly: SFB to AV, 8 Oct 1845, V Morse was anxious/ Idea: SFB to SM, 2g Dec 1845, M10. Civil: ELM, II, 256. Morse was well positioned/ Cock: SFB to SM, 1 Nov 1845, M10. On Bréguet’s telegraph see also Butrica, 160–65; Holzmann and Pehrson, g2–g4; and Israel and Nier, “The Transfer of Telegraph,” 104–05. On the last day/ 120: SFB, memo dated 31 Oct 1845, M10. Simpler: SFB to Dominique Arago, 1 Nov 1845, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Arago arranged/ Defective: Mil, fr. 307–308. Encroach: SFB to Robert Walsh, 11 Nov 1845, M1 o. Metternich expressed/ Beautiful: P, p. 531. See also N-YO, 21 Mar 1846 and [Charles Fleischmann] to [unidentified], i4Jan 1846, M26.
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Returning to America/ Millions: AK to SFB, g Jan 1846, WU. A massive physical/Battery: Mg, fr. 489 Morse considered/ Hindrance: SFB to AV, 16 Jan 1846, V A different problem/ Botch-work: HOR to EC, 30 Dec 1845, HORSB. Morse felt doublecrossed/ Bewitched: SFB to AV, 16 Feb 1846, V Plague: SFB to AV, 12 Jan 1846, V-NYHS. See U.S. Patent No. 4453, 11 Apr 1846. Morse presented the application as an “improvement” on his original patent of June 1840. With whatever difficulties/ Penman: M33, fr. 353. A month later/ Parallel: Union, reprinted in an unidentified English journal preserved in Charles Bright’s Telegraphic Notes, I, Institution of Electrical Engineers, London. Branch: unidentified clipping in Charles Bright’s Telegraphic Notes, I, Institution of Electrical Engineers, London. On June 27/ Boasting: SFB to AV (copy), 2g Aug 1846, M10. Satanic: SFB to SM, 24 Feb 1847, Mil. The first week/ Compliments, Feature: M10, fr. 522. The publicity and acclaim/ Enterprize: AK to FOJS, 12 Feb 1846, S. Millionaire: Articles of Agreement and Association, for the Formation of the Washington & New Orleans Telegraph Company (1846).