Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . found, totheir i n -expressiblei%Mrig^^ amazement,newspaper^ extras for sale-Jl containingthe news ofPolks nomi-11 ition. I n1 n s w e r totlieir ques-tions they^\ (ire told thatit had beenleeeivedfromBaltimoi-e by TELEGRAPH. This Avason the 29th of May, 1844, and was the first pul)lic message sent by magnetictelegraph. It marked an era in the history of civilization. Investigation seems to establish that Professor Joseph Hen
Home school of American history; embracing the growth and achievements of our country from the earliest days of discovery and settlement to the present eventful year .. . found, totheir i n -expressiblei%Mrig^^ amazement,newspaper^ extras for sale-Jl containingthe news ofPolks nomi-11 ition. I n1 n s w e r totlieir ques-tions they^\ (ire told thatit had beenleeeivedfromBaltimoi-e by TELEGRAPH. This Avason the 29th of May, 1844, and was the first pul)lic message sent by magnetictelegraph. It marked an era in the history of civilization. Investigation seems to establish that Professor Joseph Henry, of the Smith-sonian Institute, was the real inventor of the electro-magnetic telegraph, thoughthat honor has been given and will continue to be given by most people to Pro-fessor Samuel F. B. Morse, whose relation to the telegraph Avas nuich the sameas that of Fulton to the steamboat. He added to the ideas of those before himand first brought them into practical use. Professor JNIorse deserves all the credit he has received as one of the greatest. ^. SHOP IN VFHICH THE FIRST MORSE INSTRUMENT WAS CONSTRUCTEDFOB EXHIBITION BEFORE CONGRESS 236 JACKSON, VAN BUREN, HARRISON, AND TYLER. of inventors. He studied painting when young and became an artist of consid-erable skill. As early us 1832 he conceived the idea of an electro-magnetictelegrajjh and began his experiments. The project absorbed all his energiesuntil he became what is called in these days a crank, which is often the nameof one who gives all his thoughts and efforts to the development of a singleproject. He th-ifted away from his relatives, who looked ujkju him as a visionarydreamer, and wlien his ragged clothes and craving stomach demanded attention,he gave instruction in drawing to a few students who clung to him. Light gradually dawned upon Morse, and he continued his labors underdiscouragements that would have overcome almost any other man. He securedhelp from Alfred Vail, of Morristown, N. J., who invented the a
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