{"id":11,"date":"2025-11-19T16:32:15","date_gmt":"2025-11-19T16:32:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/?page_id=11"},"modified":"2025-12-10T13:57:20","modified_gmt":"2025-12-10T13:57:20","slug":"samuel-morse","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/samuel-morse\/","title":{"rendered":"Samuel Morse"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The highlight of the autograph book is the collection of signatures that it contains. Out of the 25 signatures, many of which are of lesser known individuals, lost to the annals of history. But one signature stands out amongst the rest, the signature of American artist, inventor, and professor, Samuel Morse. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-8f761849 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:66.66%\">\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1921\" height=\"2560\" src=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/12\/morse-edited-scaled.jpg\" alt=\"A handwritten inscription on an aged book page reads: \u201cWith best wishes for your welfare, Sam. F. B. Morse. May 24th, 1862.\u201d A gloved hand is visible at the bottom right corner holding the page.\" class=\"wp-image-51\" style=\"width:411px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/12\/morse-edited-scaled.jpg 1921w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/12\/morse-edited-225x300.jpg 225w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/12\/morse-edited-768x1024.jpg 768w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/12\/morse-edited-1152x1536.jpg 1152w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/12\/morse-edited-1536x2048.jpg 1536w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1921px) 100vw, 1921px\" \/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:33.33%\">\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-style-plain is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\">\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">With best wishes for your welfare, Signed Sam. F. B. Morse<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized is-style-rounded\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"426\" height=\"612\" src=\"http:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/11\/gettyimages-1422208089-612x612-1.jpg\" alt=\"Portrait of Samuel Morse\" class=\"wp-image-24\" style=\"width:416px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/11\/gettyimages-1422208089-612x612-1.jpg 426w, https:\/\/sites.cortland.edu\/autograph\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/50\/2025\/11\/gettyimages-1422208089-612x612-1-209x300.jpg 209w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 426px) 100vw, 426px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Portrait of Samuel Morse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Known primarily for his invention of the electromagnetic&nbsp;telegraph and the development of Morse code to transmit messages over it, Morse settled in New York in the 1820s, a little over 40 years before the signing of the book. Morse signed the book from Poughkeepsie, the same area where his summer estate was located, the Locust Grove estate. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/upload.wikimedia.org\/wikipedia\/commons\/thumb\/8\/83\/Samuel_Morse_signature.svg\/1170px-Samuel_Morse_signature.svg.png?20110521131021\" alt=\"\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The highlight of the autograph book is the collection of signatures that it contains. Out of the 25 signatures, many of which are of lesser known individuals, lost to the annals of history. But one signature stands out amongst the rest, the signature of American artist, inventor, and professor, Samuel Morse. 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