num_pages: 988
description: "The depressed situation of all my associates in the invention has thrown the whole burden of again attempting a movement entirely on me. With the trifling sum of five hundred dollars I could have had my instruments perfected and before Congress six months ago, but I was unable to run the risk, and I therefore chose to go forward more slowly, but at a great waste of time.
language: English
title: Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals
titlecomplete: Samuel F. B. Morse: His Letters and Journals
ratings_count: 1
publisher: Da Capo Press