MORSE'S FIRST
TELEGRAPH KEY
AND ITS
C.STEPHEN ANDERSON
FIRST
wrought
SAMUEL F. B. MORSE
INVENTOR
BORN APR 27 1791 AT CHARLESTOWN, MASS. EDUCATED AT
YALE, MAJORING IN CHEMISTRY AND NATURAL PHILOS-
OPAY STUDIED PAINTING IN ENGLAND UNDER BENJA
MIN WEST ESTABLISHED THE NATIONAL ACADEMY OF
DESIGN AND WAS ITS FIRST PRESIDENT INVENTED THE
TELEGRAPH IN 1835 AND IN 1847 CONSTRUCTED A TELE
GRAPH LINE, WASHINGTON TO BALTIMORE HE DIED 1872
ORK
OCT 7
9-AM
1940
W.Y
SAMUEL
F.B.MORSE
SAMUEL
F.B.MORSE
24
FIRST DAY OF ISSUE
Donald James
3595 Bainbridge Ave
N.Y.
Bronx
