Letter from Samuel F. B. Morse to His Brother, Sidney Morse, May 31, 1844

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Related Link: Senate Stories | “What Hath God Wrought”: Morse’s Telegraph in the Capitol

After he successfully demonstrated his telegraph, Morse described the jubilant scene outside the Capitol in a letter to his brother Sidney.
credit: Library of Congress

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