Jedidiah Morse: A Very Brief Biography Of Samuel Morse
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Samuel Morse was born on April 27, 1791, in Charlestown, Boston, MA and died on April 2, 1872, in New York City, NY. His parents were Jedidiah Morse, and Lizabeth Ann Finley Breese. Jedidiah Morse was a teacher for most of his life. In his older days, he became a preacher. Samuel had a love for painting, but his father wanted him to become a bookseller's apprentice and later wanted him to become a publisher. He then moved to London and started working at the Royal Academy of arts and met several of the most famous English painters. After returning to the United States in 1815, he opened an art studio and started his own career as a painter. During the opening of his art studio, Samuel received a letter from New Haven that read his