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Lightning Man_ The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse - Kenneth Silverman [259]

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Kendall too was disturbed/ Enter: AK to SFB, 10 Jun 1854, M16. Sincerity: AK to SFB, 16 May 1854, M16. But Morse felt/ Priest: C. D. Archibald to SFB, 16 Sep 1854, M17. Folly: SFB to AK (copy), 13 Jun 1854, M29. Not only O’Reilly/ Care: AV to SFB, 21 Sep 1848, V-NYHS. Brain: AV to Daniel Griffin, 26 May 184g, V. Vail returned/ Crushing: AV to AK 29 Jun 1852, V-NYHS. Bitter: see AV diary for 1851, New Jersey Historical Society. Morse believed that/ Annoyances: SFB to George Vail (copy), 15 Jul 1854, M29. Animal: SFB to AK, 24 Aug 1854, M29. And Smith won/ Swindle: ELM, II, 347. Element: SFB to AK (copy), 4 Dec 1855, M27. Incubus: SFB to T. R. Walker (copy), 8 Sep 1854, M29. Revolting: AK to SFB, 7 May 1856, M18. Morse thought of disengaging/ Relation: SFB to AK (copy), 22 Jun 1854, M29. Precarious: AK to SFB, 1 Nov 1854, M17. Morse sent Kendall/ Liable: SFB to A.K, 26 Jun 1854, WU. Morse’s tone sounds/ Complain: AK to SFB, 1 Oct 1855, M17. In private, Morse/ Attack!: SFB to AK, 6 Dec 1856, M27. While at Locust/ Cordially: SFB to Joseph L. Jones (copy), 18 Oct 1854, M29. Votes: SFB to N. Robinson, 14 Jun 1855, M29. In the congressional/ Platform: SFB to Joseph L. Jones (copy), 18 Oct 1854, M29. Morse had always thought/ Rabid: SFB to W S. Tisdale (copy), 30 May 1855, M29. Good: SFB to S. M. Dorr, 1 Nov 1854, M29. Reckless: SFB to Tisdale. Despite efforts by Morse/ Shock: SFB to William B. Weiss (draft), 12 Feb 1852, M15. Morse felt the effects/ Savages: SFB to “Mr. Sherrell,” 4 Apr 184g, Mi 2. Cried: SFB to RM, 4 Apr 1849, Y. Wish: SFB to “Mr. Bokum” (copy), 18 Jul 1854, M29. Morse became a rallying/ Jesuitism: Joseph C. Morton to SFB, 17 Aug 184g, M13. Although running/ GOVERN: N-YO, 21 Jun 1855. Awake: SFB to Edward Beecher (copy), 9 Apr 1855, M29. On the Know-Nothings see Billington, chs. 11–12, and Holt, ch. 24. About ten days before/ See N-YO, 24 May 1855. Soon Morse was trading/ Festering: N-YO, 24 May 1855. Eel: SFB to Norman Robinson (copy), 21 Apr 1855, M29. Morse’s months/ Moment: N-YO, 30 Aug 1855. Layed: J. Packarde to SFB, 11 Jul 1855, M17. Pilloried: see N-YO, 19 Jul 1855; here the name is spelled Spaulding. Despite his passion/ Ruinous: SFB to Stephen Clark (copy), 15 Sep 1855, M29. On abolition and nativism see Anbinder. To a lengthening list/ Ultraisms: SFB to Joseph L. Jones, 18 Oct 1854, M29. Platforms: SFB to Anna Ella Carroll (copy), 27 May 1856, M27. On August 20/ Bound: Herald, 3 Sep 1855. In describing the voyage I have summarized and tried to square conflicting accounts in Cain, Carter, Field, Mullaly, and NY. Tribune, 6 Sep 1855. Field’s sudden interest/ Scruple: SFB to AK (copy), 7 Dec 1855, M27. On the Hughes telegraph see W King, “The Development,” 303; Prescott, 13g–44. In its later modifications, Hughes’ telegraph was used in Europe to the end of the century. But two weeks later/ Wonderful: Herald, 17 Nov 1855. Morse knew about/ Collision: SFB to AK (copy), 20 Nov 1855, M27. Kendall was less/ Friendship: AK to SFB, 7 Dec 1855, M17. But Morse was by nature/ Unsuspicious: AK to SFB, 12 Feb 1850, WU. Enterprize: SFB to John W. Brett, 26 Dec 1855, M27. Business: SFB to AK (copy), 4 Dec 1855, M27. Morse agreed to accompany/ Extent: SFB to George Harding, 7 May 1856, M27. Liberal: William Goodrich to SFB, 26 May [1855, but misdated 1850], M14. Farthing: SFB to [probably AK] (copy), 8 Jan 1855, M29. But the spring months/ Wretch: SFB to T. R. Walker (copy), 16 Jan 1856, M27. Claim: AK to SFB, 20 Feb 1856, M18. Morse made his uncomfortable/ Honorable: SFB to T. R. Walker (copy), 28 Feb 1856, M27. Warm: SFB to AK, 2g Feb 1856, M27. Undoing: SFB to Taliaferro Shaffner (copy), 8 Apr 1856, M27. Morse may have undone/ Hostile: AK to SFB, 5 Mar 1856, M18. Against his every wish/ Plan: SFB to A.K. 20 May 1856, M27. Moment: SFB to AK (copy), 20 May 1856, M27. Jedediah was much/ Malice: SFB to “Rev. Sprague” (copy), 24 May 1856, M27. Morse and Sarah departed/ Fixed: Cyrus Field to SFB (telegram), 17 May 1856, M18. SFB’s answer appears as a handwritten note on Field’s telegram, seemingly intended for a telegram
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