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English: The first telegraph in history, sent by Samuel F. B. Morse from Washington, D.C. to Alfred Vail in Baltimore in 1844. Morse's message to Vail was signed by him and presented at the time to Annie Goodrich Ellsworth, the daughter of Morse's friend Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, United States Commissioner of Patents. Annie Ellsworth selected the verse from the Bible (Numbers XXIII, 23), and she traced in heavy pen and ink over the letters Morse had inscribed in pencil under each code character. In 1922, Mrs. George Inness Jr., wife of the American artist and daughter of Annie Ellsworth, donated the tape to the Library of Congress
Date 8:45 A.M., Friday May 24, 1844
Source http://rs6.loc.gov/mss/mcc/019/0001.jpg
Author
Samuel Finley Breese Morse  (1791–1872)  wikidata:Q75698 s:en:Author:Samuel Morse q:en:Samuel F. B. Morse
 
Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Description American inventor, physicist, sculptor, painter, university teacher and photographer
"en:Morse code"
Date of birth/death 27 April 1791 Edit this at Wikidata 2 April 1872 Edit this at Wikidata
Location of birth/death Charlestown (Massachusetts) Manhattan Edit this at Wikidata
Work period 1820 Edit this at Wikidata–1871 Edit this at Wikidata
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France; Italy; London; Boston; New York City; Charleston Edit this at Wikidata
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Samuel F. B. Morse, Superintendent of Elec. Mag. Telegraphs
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