On April 27th, 1791 in Charlestown, Boston, MA, Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born to the parents of Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese. He was a painter and inventor. After his established portrait painting career, Morse decided to contribute to the invention of the single-wire telegraph system. This unique system changed long distance communication and it was based off of European telegraph designs. He was married to Susan walker Morse and had three children. She died young, at the age of 25 while Samuel was away in Washington D.C. and the message was delivered via horse carriage. He rushed home, only to find his wife had already been buried. This launched him into his telegraph project. During his youth, the young lad attended Philips Academy in Andover, MA at age nine. Astonishingly he entered Yale College at only 14! In these years he earned income by painting magnificent portraits. He also studied subjects such as religious philosophy, mathematics, and science. At college he had the opportunity to go to lectures …show more content…
This sparked his interest on electromagnetism. After he learned that information was sent through copper cables long distance Morse started devising a plan to fix this. Upon witnessing many of Jacksons’ experiments, Samuel devised the first telegraph and sent his discoveries to the US patent office. He received help from Professor Leonard Gale who came from NYU. Thanks to Professor Gale the ability for messages to be sent 10 miles was designed. This encouraged Morse to continue lengthening the communication. With the financial support from Alfred Vail on January 11th, 1838 at the grounds of Speedwell Ironworks factory something monumental happened. Without an additional power source the first telegraphic message was transmitted and received between two miles “A patient waiter is no