THE LIFE

OF

SAMUEL F. B. MORSE, LL. D.,

INVENTOR OF THE

ELECTRO-MAGNETIC RECORDING TELEGRAPH.

BY

SAMUEL IRENEUS PRIME,

PRESIDENT OF THE NEW YORK ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE AND ART;
CORRESPONDING MEMBER OF THE NEW YORK HISTORICAL SOCIETY;

AUTHOR OF "TRAVELS IN EUROPE AND THE EAST,"

"THE ALHAMBRA AND THE KREMLIN," ETC.

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NEW YORK:

D. APPLETON AND COMPANY,

549 AND 551 BROADWAY.

1875.

Eng $7.1.10

HARVARD COLLEGE LIBRARY

1875. Dec. 7

Ward Gund.

$4.50

ENTERED, according to Act of Congress, in the year 1874,
BY D. APPLETON & COMPANY,

In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington.