Samuel F.B Morse letters and documents

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physdesc

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unitid

{"value"=>"MssCol 4557", "type"=>"local_call"}

{"value"=>"4557", "type"=>"local_mss"}

unitdate

{"value"=>"1844-1872", "type"=>"inclusive", "normal"=>"1844/1872"}

date_inclusive_start

1844

date_inclusive_end

1872

keydate

1844

unittitle

{"value"=>"Samuel F.B Morse letters and documents"}

repository

{"value"=>"<span class=\"corpname\">The New York Public Library. <span class=\"subarea\">Manuscripts and Archives Division</span></span> <div class=\"address\"><span class=\"addressline\">New York, New York</span></div>"}

abstract

{"value"=>"A small collection of letters and documents of American artist and inventor Samuel F. B. Morse. Material consists of ten letters from Morse to George Wood, Theodore Dwight, Thomas Gallaudet, Pliny Earle, the New York Tribune, and others; an account of Morse's visit to Charleston, Massachusetts, in 1856 after an 18 year absence; a sketch made in court in 1855; and miscellaneous clippings, cut signatures, facsimiles, and photostats."}

prefercite

{"value"=>"<p>Samuel F.B. Morse letters and documents, Manuscripts and Archives Division, The New York Public Library</p>"}

origination

{"value"=>"Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872", "type"=>"persname"}

custodhist

{"value"=>"<p>Some material was originally part of the Ford Collection.</p>"}

acqinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Various</p>"}

processinfo

{"value"=>"<p>Compiled by Manuscripts and Archives Division staff.</p>"}

extent_statement

.1 linear feet (1 folder)

date_start

1844

date_end

1872

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