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This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text.
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(without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated.
1914 edition. Excerpt: ...In the world of affairs the wind was
howling, too, and the storm was gathering which culminated in the
series of lawsuits brought by Morse and his associates against the
infringers on his patents. The letters to his brother are full of
the details of these piratical attacks, but throughout all the
turmoil he maintained his poise and his faith in the triumph of
justice and truth. In the letter just quoted from he says: "These
matters do not annoy me as formerly. I have seen so many dark
storms which threatened, and particularly in relation to the
Telegraph, and I have seen them so often hushed at the 'Peace, be
still' of our covenant God, that now the fears and anxieties on any
fresh gathering soon subside into perfect calm." And on November
27, he writes: "The most annoying part of the matter to me is that,
notwithstanding my matters are all in the hands of agents and I
have nothing to do with any of the arrangements, I am held up by
name to the odium of the public. Lawsuits are commenced against
them at Cincinnati and will be in Indiana and Illinois as well as
here, and so, notwithstanding all my efforts to get along
peaceably, I find the fate of Whitney before me. I think I may be
able to secure my farm, and so have a place to retire to for the
PEACE IN THE NEW HOME 283 evening of my days, but even this may be
denied me. A few months will decide.... You have before you the
fate of an inventor, and, take as much pains as you will to secure
to yourself your valuable invention, make up your mind from my
experience now, in addition to others, that you will be robbed of
it and abused into the bargain. This is the lot of a successful
inventor or discoverer, and no precaution, I believe, will save him
from it. He will meet with a mixed estimate; the...
Title: Academies of arts: a discourse, delivered on Thursday, May
3, 1827, in the chapel of Columbia College, before the National
Academy of Design, on its first anniversary.Author: Morse, Samuel
Finley BreesePublisher: Gale, Sabin Americana Description: Based on
Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography, Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin
Americana, 1500--1926 contains a collection of books, pamphlets,
serials and other works about the Americas, from the time of their
discovery to the early 1900s. Sabin Americana is rich in original
accounts of discovery and exploration, pioneering and westward
expansion, the U.S. Civil War and other military actions, Native
Americans, slavery and abolition, religious history and more.Sabin
Americana offers an up-close perspective on life in the western
hemisphere, encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores
of North America in the late 15th century to the first decades of
the 20th century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North,
Central and South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection
highlights the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture,
contemporary opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides
access to documents from an assortment of genres, sermons,
political tracts, newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation,
literature and more.Now for the first time, these high-quality
digital scans of original works are available via print-on-demand,
making them readily accessible to libraries, students, independent
scholars, and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled
from various identification fields in the bibliographic record of
this title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping
to insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02342100CollectionID:
CTRG97-B2443PublicationDate: 18270101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Pages 28-32 contain an "Address, on delivering the
premiums to the successful candidates."--P. 28-32. Pages 59-60
contain a list of officers and members of the National Academy of
Design for 1827.Collation: 60 p.; 21 cm
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This book is part of the TREDITION CLASSICS series. The creators of
this series are united by passion for literature and driven by the
intention of making all public domain books available in printed
format again - worldwide. At tredition we believe that a great book
never goes out of style. Several mostly non-profit literature
projects provide content to tredition. To support their good work,
tredition donates a portion of the proceeds from each sold copy. As
a reader of a TREDITION CLASSICS book, you support our mission to
save many of the amazing works of world literature from oblivion.
Title: Foreign conspiracy against the liberties of the United
States: the numbers of Brutus, originally published in the New-York
Observer.Author: Morse, Samuel Finley BreesePublisher: Gale, Sabin
Americana Description: Based on Joseph Sabin's famed bibliography,
Bibliotheca Americana, Sabin Americana, 1500--1926 contains a
collection of books, pamphlets, serials and other works about the
Americas, from the time of their discovery to the early 1900s.
Sabin Americana is rich in original accounts of discovery and
exploration, pioneering and westward expansion, the U.S. Civil War
and other military actions, Native Americans, slavery and
abolition, religious history and more.Sabin Americana offers an
up-close perspective on life in the western hemisphere,
encompassing the arrival of the Europeans on the shores of North
America in the late 15th century to the first decades of the 20th
century. Covering a span of over 400 years in North, Central and
South America as well as the Caribbean, this collection highlights
the society, politics, religious beliefs, culture, contemporary
opinions and momentous events of the time. It provides access to
documents from an assortment of genres, sermons, political tracts,
newspapers, books, pamphlets, maps, legislation, literature and
more.Now for the first time, these high-quality digital scans of
original works are available via print-on-demand, making them
readily accessible to libraries, students, independent scholars,
and readers of all ages.++++The below data was compiled from
various identification fields in the bibliographic record of this
title. This data is provided as an additional tool in helping to
insure edition identification: ++++SourceLibrary: Huntington
LibraryDocumentID: SABCP02334600CollectionID:
CTRG97-B2395PublicationDate: 18350101SourceBibCitation: Selected
Americana from Sabin's Dictionary of books relating to
AmericaNotes: Attributed to Samuel Finley Breese Morse.Collation:
188 p
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