Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, on 27 April 1791.

We found this fascinating report about Morse was inspired to create his invention of the electric telegraph system, and thought we’d post this article on the blog.

Manchester Times – Tuesday 22 February 1848

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