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lines, though it was put into use on shorter ones. Greatest: RLB. The high electrical resistance of House’s telegraph made it impractical for use on long lines, though it was put into use on shorter ones. Greatest: M33, fr. 501. Minds: See [HOR], To the People of Michigan, 1849, Indiana, Illinois and Wisconsin [1848], 17. Probably so/ Manifest: SFB to FOJS (copy), 11 Mar 1848, S. By January 1848/Armed: Taliaferro Shaffner to SFB, gJan 1848, Mil. Sorrow: SFB to Taliaferro Shaffner, 21 Jan 1848, Mil. See also Shaffner’s quite different, later account of this episode in M35, fr. 329. As the competing/ Reptile: See clippings in Box gC, V. Sympathy: Vail Scrapbook, p. 21, V. Nations: SFB to Journal (not in SFB’s hand), 28 Jan 1848, Mil. Morse’s genteel replies/ Protect: Theodore Faxton to SFB, 10 Mar 1848, M12. Character: RM to SFB, 12 Mar 1848, M12. By early spring/ Infringers: SFB to FOJS (copy), 11 Mar 1848, Mi 2. For weeks Morse/ Defense: ELM, II, 283. Adversary: AK to SFB, 27 Jun 1848, WU. Encounter: AK to SFB, 8 Dec 1848, WU. The competing telegraphs/ Jackdaw: HOR to James S. Wallace, 6 Sep 1848, HORP. On the trial see M33, fr. 539–46. Judge Monroe rendered/ Evasion: Yeoman, i4Sep 1848. O’Reilly did not/ Dead: Courier, 12 Sep 1848. Case: HOR to editors of American Mining Journal, i6 Oct 1848, HORP. HOR’s charge of conspiracy was not entirely fanciful. Quite unethically, Page had given Morse information about Royal House’s application for a patent. Morse had learned/ Murder: SFB to RM, 25 Oct 1848, Y. Morse’s Order of Glory/ Messiah: Vail Scrapbook, p. 86, V Grateful: SFB to Secretary P. Marsh (draft), 15 Dec 184g, M13. Titles: SFB, Foreign Conspiracy against the Liberties of the United States, 66–67. Morse discovered once/ Citizen: See M33, fr. 385, 391. And O’Reilly’s/ See HOR’s Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Range circular headed “Telegraphic and Letter-Mail Communication with the Pacific,” New-York Historical Society. Whatever Morse might/ Married: Vail Scrapbook, p. 47, V

THIRTEEN: THE GREAT TELEGRAPH CASE

Morse first saw Sarah/ Deportment: SFB to SM, 7 Aug 1848, M26. Sarah was SFB’s second cousin on his mother’s side. Sarah had been deaf/ Uttered: SFB to L. J. Anderson (draft), 24 Jan 1853, M16. Alfred Vail remarked that Sarah was “still Deaf.” AV to George Vail, 1 Sep 1848, V Anyone: SFB to Thomas Walker, 9 Jan 1852, M15. Sarah’s impairment/ Excited: SFB to SM, 7 Aug 1848, M26. Personal: SFB to RM, 29 Jul 1848, Y. Morse felt no less/ Thwarted: SFB to RM, 27 Aug 1848, Y. Sarah attended/ Taught: SFB to Sarah Morse, 25 Dec 1852, M15. Summons: SFB to Sarah Morse, 25 Feb 1855, M17. Morse brought Sarah/Variety: ELM, II, 280–81. To manage the large place/ Farmer: see M14, fr. g8. Friendless: P, pp. 669–71. Morse gave his estate/ Permitted: SFB to SM, 12 Sep 1847, Mil. SFB seems to have paid $8000 down in cash, and to have taken a mortgage for the rest. Picturesque: A. J. Davis to SFB, 5 Sep 1852, M15. SFB had painted a frontispiece for Davis’ book. Davis’ evolving plans survive at the Metropolitan Museum of Art Library. Morse and Sarah quickly/ Sinner: SFB to George Wood, 2 Feb 1853, Historical Society of Pennsylvania. Souls: SFB to Sarah Morse, 2 Apr 1854, M16. Morse’s children by Lucrece/ Kind: Charles Morse to SFB, 23 Nov 1847, Mi 1. Morse had little sympathy/ Millions: SFB to SM, 18 Dec 1848, New-York Historical Society. Finley too lived/ Despair: SFB to SM, 1 g Apr 1848, M1. Susan—“my ancient/ Horrid: Charles W Lind to SFB, 3oJun 1855, M17. Morse had intently/ Race: SFB to SM, 2g Oct 1846, M10. Operations: SFB to SM, 8 May 1847, M11. Thrashing: SFB to AV, 27 Mar 1847, V Like many other/ Destiny: SFB to Dominique Arago (draft), [no day] Apr 1848, Mi 2. Crushed: N-YO, 8 Jan 1852. On the revolutions see Langer and Rudé. As for his aesthetic/ Sadness: SFB to RM, 24 Feb 1848, Y. His eyesight deteriorated/ Destroyed: SFB to James Fenimore Cooper (typed transcript), 20 Nov 184g, M13. Morse’s disgust/ Continent: Daily Freeman, 6 Aug 1850. They did not, but/ Gaze: “A Review of the Circular of L. L. Hill,” Photographic Art