Samuel F.B. Morse research collection, 1792-1892.

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Samuel F.B. Morse research collection, 1792-1892.

This collection contains materials collected by the author, Kenneth Silverman, while researching his book "Lightning Man: The Accursed Life of Samuel F.B. Morse", including photocopied articles and essays, microfilm, correspondence (mostly transcribed) and other research materials. The dates range from 1792-1892. The folders in the collection are arranged chronologically and by subject.

6 linear ft. (6 boxes).

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SNAC Resource ID: 7588350

Churchill County Museum

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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...

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 professor of painting an...