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Lightning Man_ The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse - Kenneth Silverman [257]

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Journal 5, no. 1 (1853): 38. Hill wrote to Morse/ Systems: L. L. Hill to SFB, 7 Jun 1852, M15. Motto: L. L. Hill to SFB, 26 Apr 1852, M15. On Hill see Barger and White, 38 ff. Despite the bunker/ Delusion: SFB to Editor of the National Intelligencer (draft), 4 Oct 1852, M26. Rejoiced: SFB to L. L. Hill (draft), 21 Jun 1851, M15. Grateful for Morse’s/ Actual: L. L. Hill to SFB, 2g Jan 1852, M15. Pounce: L. L. Hill to SFB, 26 Apr 1852, M15. Plagued: see N-YO, 26 Jun 1851. That may or may not/ Remarkable: see N.Y. Tribune, 17 Jun 1851. A second, more complex: Angel: Dorf, 173. On the litigation see Khan, 195–96. Morse’s new legal/ Hotel: HOR to J. B. [Monnot?], 30 Oct 1851, HORP Burdened or not/ Outrage: HOR to George Dawson (draft), [ca. 1848], HORP Highway: see HOR’s Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Range circular headed “Telegraph and Letter-Mail Communication with the Pacific” [184g]. Morse saw in Bain’s/ Chapter: SFB to AV (copy), 6 May 1848, Mi 2. On the Bain telegraph and the subsequent lawsuit see the excellent discussion in Hochfelder, “Taming the Lightning.” Morse dug up/ Complicated: SFB to SM, 12 Jan 1848, Mil. Morse tried to stop/ Mark: SFB, patent application (copy), 20 Jan 1848, Maryland Historical Society. Morse attended Bain/ The account of the trial is based on Report of the Case of Alexander Bain, Apellant, vs. Samuel F. B. Morse (184g); Franklin Institute Journal, 18, 3d ser. (1849); Baltimore Sun, 16 Mar 184g; AK to SFB, 26 Mar 1849, Mi 2. The press reargued/ Affair: Rochester Daily Democrat, 24 Mar 1849 Just: Sun, 6 May 1848. In the patent granted/ Formidable: AK to SFB, 13 Apr 1849, Mi 2. Using Bain’s system/ Loose: Circular of HOR’s Atlantic and Pacific Telegraph Range, headed “Restoration of Louisville and New Orleans Line” (184g). Morse and Kendall/ Sustained: See N.Y. Tribune, 28 Jun 1849 In his handsome Tuscan/ Enjoyment: see part transcription of 184g letter from SFB, Autograph (Apr 1999), 30. Almost: AK to SFB, 28 Jul 1850, M14. A current estimate held that for every dollar received for damages in cases of infringement, $gg was spent on legal fees. See M33, fr. 536. Morse also faced/ Knowledge: Theodore Faxton to SFB, 17 Nov 1848, Mi 2. And try as he might/ Pirates: SFB to George Wood, 14 Jan 1851, A. S. W. Rosenbach Foundation. The definition was crucial/ Conceived: M24, fr. 250. Principle: SFB to George Gifford, 1 Jan 1851, M14. Application: SFB to L. Bréguet (draft), 27 Oct 1846, M10. It upset Morse/ Exalted: Henry, Papers, VII, 522. Trust: P, pp. 551–52. Coloured: Bruce, 275. Henry felt that his achievements had not been adequately recognized in Europe either. See Coulson, 217–20, and Moyer, 242 ff. Morse’s opponents used/ Original: Henry, Papers, VII, 6oon. Forbear: SFB to AV, 15 Jan 1851, V. And to deepen/ Worst: AK to “M. Ray,” 27 Jan 1852, WU. On the agreement see Deduction of Henry O’Rielly’s [sic]Title to the use of Morse’s Patents in Certain Regions (n.d.). As he usually did/ Distorts: SFB to AK, 23 May 184g, WU. Confirm: AK to SFB, 3 Jan 1850, M13. Suffer: SFB to AK (copy), 22 Dec 184g, WU. Allowance: SFB to FOJS, 15 May 184g, S. But Smith allowed/ Judas: Theodore Fax-ton to SFB, 18 Jun 1852, M15. Smith justified the construction by calling it not a main line but a side line, passing through and serving such villages as Nunda and Dansville. See Dorf, i2g–5i. Prospects: Herald, 1 Feb 1850. Smith tried to make Morse see Kendall as an enemy too, by implying that Kendall was skimming sales receipts. Kendall pleaded with/ Alternatives: AK to SFB, 4 Dec 184g, M13. Facts: SFB to FOJS, 4 Mar 1850, S. Fraudulent: FOJS to AK, 5 Mar 1850, S. F. O. G.: SFB to AK, 8 Mar 1850, WU. Fangs: SFB to RM, 26 Apr 1850, Y. Smith wanted Morse/ Feather: SFB to FOJS (copy), 13 Mar 1850, S. See also [AK], Full Exposure of the Conduct of Dr. Charles T. Jackson [1850?]. Through a farcical/ Permit: E. Fitch Smith to SFB, 17 Apr 1850, M14. Smith threatened to break/ Knife: AK to FOJS, 22 Apr 1850, S. Glory: FOJS to SFB, 15 Apr 1850, S. Whether the decision/ Bribed: SFB to SM, 22 Nov 1850, M14. Thorn: M33, fr. 527.
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