Kenneth Silverman Research Collection on Samuel F.B. Morse 1792-1892

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Kenneth Silverman Research Collection on Samuel F.B. Morse 1792-1892

This collection contains research materials collected by Kenneth Silverman while working on his book Materials include photocopied articles and essays, microfilm, and correspondence (mostly transcribed) dating from 1792 to 1892. This collection does not include original materials from Morse. Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse.

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Silverman, Kenneth

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Kenneth Silverman currently serves as professor emeritus of English at New York University. He is the author of several biographies, including those of Samuel Morse, Cotton Mather, and Edgar Allen Poe. The Life and Times of Cotton Mather, perhaps his best-known work, won both the Bancroft Prize in History and a Pulitzer Prize for Biography. Silverman is also a member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences. Samuel F.B. Morse, noted artist and inventor, served as a p...

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872

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Painter, inventor; New York, N.Y. and London, England. From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122599940 From the description of Samuel Finley Breese Morse letter, 1845 Sept. 18. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 233007074 Author of account concerning deportation of 1100 workers and I.W.W. sympathizers from Bisbee to Columbus, N.M., July 12, 1917. From the description of The truth about Bisbee...