Letterbook---26 November 1863-22 July 1865
Summary
"I still have an Artist's heart, while deprived by long disuse of an artist's skill," Morse writes wistfully in this letter to his friend, Daniel Huntington, president of the National Academy of Design. Reminiscing about his own career as a struggling painter, he informs his friend of his plans to donate stocks to a fund that assists poor artists. To achieve financial success, Morse found he had to abandon his life as an artist and turned to the telegraph. In his later years, he made contributions to other various institutions and organizations, including Vassar College, Yale College, churches, and mission societies.
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correspondence
1863
samuel finley breese morse papers 1793 1944 letterbooks
samuel finley breese morse papers 1793 1944
samuel f b morse papers at the library of congress 1793 1919
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samuel finley breese morse
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yale university
Date
01/01/1863
Contributors
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872.
Source
Library of Congress
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