423
  M.’s acknowledgment to, 471, 489
  on Henry as inventor of telegraph, 498-502
  last attack on M., 502-505, 507
  Letters to M.:
    (1841) on M.’s service to humanity, 2, 165.
  From M:
    (1838) on public control of telegraph, 84
    (1838-39) on French and Russian projects, key, 109-112, 117, 122
    on Jackson’s claim, 121
    on English affairs, 124
    (1839) on discouraging conditions, abandonment by partners, 135, 150
    (1840) on Wheatstone’s proposition, 158
    (1841) on lobbyist, 164
    on making further effort, progress of rivals, aid from Congress, 165
    (1842) on Henry’s praise, private company, 172, 173
    on abandoning invention, Congress, 178
    on discouraging conditions, 180
    (1843) on bill in Congress, 195
    on passage of act, 201
    on trenching contract, 206
    (1844) on company, 236
    on Smith’s dedication to M., disputed division of partnership, 238
    (1849) on separation of interests, 308
    (1850) on claim to share of gratuity, 412
Smith, Goldwin, at banquet to M., 2, 472
Smith, J.A., informal club (1837), 2, 451
Smith, J.L., and telegraph in Turkey, 2, 298
Smith, Nathan, M.’s portrait, 1, 261
Smithsonian Institution, and Henry-Morse controversy, 2, 402
Smuggling, M.’s experience, 1, 45, 46
Snow, R.W., to Mrs. Morse (1812) on M. as artist, 1, 64
Social evil, M. on, at Rome, 1, 374
Society, M. on Roman (1830), 1, 342-344
  on English, French, and American manners, 348, 349
  on Venetian. 394
Society for diffusing Useful Political Knowledge, 2, 424
Solomons, A.S., and memorial services to M., 2, 514
Somaglia, Cardinal, lying in state, 1, 344
Sorrento, M. at (1830), 1, 364
Soult, Marshal, ministry, 2, 117
Sounder. See Receiver. 
South Carolina, nullification, 1, 431, 2, 23, 24
  See also Charleston. 
Southey, Robert, sketch for admirer, 1, 73, 113
Spagnoletto, M. on Dead Christ, 370
Spain, M. on Wellington’s victories, 1, 110
  interest in M.’s telegraph, 244
  testimonials to M., 368
  proposed cable to West Indies (1859), 404-406
Spaulding, M.J., M.’s religious controversy, 2, 35, 330
Spencer, George, discussion with M. on Catholicism, 1, 377
Spencer, J.C., and telegraph, 2, 204
Sprague, Peleg, referee on Smith’s claim, 2, 411
Stafford, Marquis of, seat and gallery, 1, 307
Stanford, ——­, of New York, M.’s portrait, 1, 270
Stanly, Edward, and telegraph, 2, 194
Statham, Samuel, and M. in (1856), 2, 348
Statue to M., proposed (1865), 3, 442
  unveiling, 482-184
Steinheil, K.A., telegraph, 2, 109, 150, 171, 173
  and ground circuit, 243, 367, 470