Samuel F.B. Morse created instantaneous long-distance communication, and in his creation, also rewired the logic of military power.

The 100th anniversary of the death of Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the telegraph, was observed quietly Sunday by his granddaughter, Ms. Clara Morse, by the placing of a bouquet in his memory on the ...

A neglected anniversary of sorts came and went May 24; it was the first public demonstration of Samuel F.B. Morse’s telegraph 178 years ago at B&O Mount Clare Station, today the home of the Baltimore ...

(WHTM) — It was the communication miracle of the 19th century. On May 26, 1844, Samuel F.B. Morse sent the message “WHAT HATH GOD WROUGHT” from Washington to Baltimore using little jolts of ...

IIIF provides researchers rich metadata and media viewing options for comparison of works across cultural heritage collections. Visit the IIIF page to learn more. This telegraph receiver is associated ...

DEER LODGE — A steady series of clicks — to the untrained ear no different from one another — resonated from the telegraph key as Kerry Facincani opened the meeting with the traditional message first ...

Thanks to Samuel F.B. Morse, communication changed rapidly, and has been changing ever faster since. He invented the electric telegraph in 1832. It took six more years for him to standardize a code ...