Lightning Man_ The Accursed Life of Samuel F. B. Morse - Kenneth Silverman [261]
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Kendall had obtained/ Existed: AK to SFB, 3 Oct 1857, M19. Morse’s extant correspondence leaves it uncertain whether he learned of the events recounted in AK’s important letter of 27 Aug 1857 (M19) before he left England or after he returned to the United States. My best judgment is that he learned of them after his return. See also Thompson, 310 ff. Morse had had/ Sacrifice: SFB to John Mullaly, 23 Oct 1857, MORGAN LIBRARY. SUICIDE: SFB TO AK, 20 Oct 1857, M27. Field explained that/ Violating: SFB to SM, 15 Mar 1858, M19. Exculpate: SFB to J. W. Brett (draft), 27 Dec 1858, M19. Hurt and angry/ Imparted: SFB to Cyrus Field (copy), 12 Mar 1858, M19. PERFIDY: AK TO SFB, 27 Aug 1857, M19. Inordinate: New American State Papers, 196. Morse companies excluded/ Africa: AK to SFB, 27 Aug 1857, M19. Morse had always striven/ Intriguants: SFB to AK, 20 Oct 1857, M27. Field’s exact part/ Deserved: Cyrus Field to SFB (copy), [no day] May 1858, M19. Morse replied by recalling/ Blind: SFB to Cyrus Field (draft), 1 Jun 1858, M1 9 “My faith in those/ Misplaced: SFB to SM, 2g Dec 1857, New-York Historical Society. Contempt: AK to SFB, 5Jun and 18 May 1858, M19. Gratuity: ELM, II, 3g5. COLUMBUS: NY. Times, g Sep 1858. Morse and Sarah sailed/ Right: SFB, “To the Conductors,” 27 Nov 1857, Samuel Morse Historic Site, Poughkeepsie. Morse had rarely/ Pleasure: ELM, II, 3g7. Plants: SFB to Charles Morse, 10 Jan [185g but misdated 1858], M26. Severe: SFB to E. D. Apthorp, 26 Jan 1857, M27. Punish: SFB to Arthur Morse 1859, (copy), 27 Dec 1858, M26. Americans greeted/ Neighborhood: M33, fr. 724. New Yorkers closed/ Orgasm: Strong, 412. On the celebration see the newspaper clippings gathered in M33, fr. 727–30. Morse was not forgotten/ Forever: M33, fr. 749. Uninspired: Western Episcopalian, 10 Sep 1858. In Paris, seventy-five/ Mark: John Munro et al. to SFB, [no day] Aug 1858, M19. Realized: Times, g Sep 1858. A week after Morse’s/ On the Board of Trade see Earl Shelbourne to Board of Trade, 21 Nov 1857, Public Record Office, London. The homage paid him/ Gratitude: ELM, II, 394–95. Lofty: M20, fr. 157 ff. On Sep 27, SFB attended the ten-hour exhibition at the Café de la Régence, in which the young American chess wizard Paul Morphy defeated eight of the best players in Paris while blindfolded. Rejoicing curdled/ Solitary: Courier, 19 Jan 1859 Judgment: M33, fr. 743. On the cable failure see Bright and Dibner. The breakdown/ Ejected: SFB to J. W. Brett (draft), 27 Dec 1858, M19. Motive: SFB to [AK] (copy), 22 Dec 1858, M26. Morse and Sarah spent/ Claude: SFB to SM (copy), 12 Jan [185g but misdated 1858], M26. Morse was impressed/ Inferior: SFB to RM (copy), 28 Dec 1858, M26; see also Leila Morse Rummel, TS “Souvenirs of Samuel F. B. Morse,” Archives of American Art. Swine: S “Souvenirs of Samuel F. B. Morse,” Archives of American Art. Swine: “Souvenirs of Samuel F. B. Morse,” Archives of American Art. Swine:: SFB to Cornelia Goodrich (copy), 26 Jan 185g, M26. After Morse’s ten-month/ Excellence: SFB to Robert Walsh, 28 Mar 185g, M26. Homage poured in/ Suspicious: SFB to Vice President and Directors of the Morse Insurance Company, 28 Oct 1860, M29. The invitation from the architects came later, in 1869. See Russell Sturgis to SFB, 12 Oct 1869, M23. Morse’s $80,000 indemnity/ Honor: SFB to George T Curtis (copy), 6 Jul 1860, M29. Serious: SFB to FOJS, 24 May 1860, M20. Favor: SFB to AK (copy), 3 Aug 1860, M29. The arbitration hearing/ Synonyms: ELM, II, 411–12. On the hearing see MS document of 31 Jul 1860, Y. Morse saw in the situation/ Demands: see “General Release,” 3 Jun 1862, WU. Corpus: SFB to George Curtis (copy),