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First Morse Code Message Sent from Washington DC to Baltimore in 1844

May 24, 2009
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Portrait of Samuel Finley Breese MorsePortrait of Samuel Finley Breese Morse


Samuel Morse sent the first telegraphic message 165 years ago today.

The Libraries has many portraits of Morse in its digital collection, Scientific Identity: Portraits from the Dibner Library of the History of Science and Technology, 2003.—Elizabeth Periale

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  1. Dave

    Nice reading, Thanks!

    November 20, 2009 Reply
  2. Dave

    Nice reading, thank you!!

    November 20, 2009 Reply

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