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INVENTIONS - DOCUMENTS

1. Receiving Telegraph Instrument (original) used to record first famous messages "What Hath God Wrought" 1844 
Lent by Cornell University, Ithaca, New York

2. Early Telegraph Recorder (original)
Lent by Franklin Institute, Philadelphia

3. CABLES AS LAID IN 1920
(a) Key West, Florida-Havana, Cuba
(b) Waterville-Canso Cables 1905
(c) Cable Samples of 1909 New York-St. John's, Newfoundland
(d)New York-Canso Cables, 1900

4. Cable Laying Activities (10 prints)
3-4 Lent by International Telephone & Telegraph Corp., New York

5. Letter to Gen. J. Ledyard from Morse
Lent by Mr. and Mrs. George Ledyard, Cazenovia, New York

6. (a) Morse's First Message (photostat) from Washington to Baltimore
"What Hath God Wrought?" May 25, 1844
(b)Morse Letter (photostat) Written February 24, 1841 
Lent by Library of Congress, Washington D.C.

7. (a) Photos of Morse - Letter Written to Morse (in one frame)
(b) Pamphlet Report of Dinner given in Paris in 1858 to honor Morse
(c) Menu of Paris Dinner
(d) $5,000 Morse check, 1868
Lent by Miss Clara Morse, Pittsfield, Massachusetts

8. Letters from Morse (original) applying to paint the portrait of Marquis de Lafayette 
Lent by Museum of the City of New York 

9. Sketch Book of Morse (original)
Lent by National Academy of Design