Samuel Morse, born on April 27 ... Soon, all types of news and messages were being tapped out across the country. The invention transformed communication, business, and the idea of news.

“This is indeed the annihilation of space.” In 1867, Samuel Morse, internationally renowned as the inventor of the telegraph, returned to Paris once more, to witness the wonders displayed at ...

Morse Code Day, observed on April 27, honors Samuel Morse, the inventor of Morse code, and celebrates this groundbreaking method of communication. Before modern technology, messages took weeks to ...

Inventor Samuel F. B. Morse spent summers at his Locust Grove Estate in New York's Hudson Valley. The 14,000-square-foot Italianate villa, built in 1852, has 45 rooms over six floors. It was ...

"Samuel F. B. Morse's 'Gallery of the Louvre' and the Art of Invention" runs Thursday through Sept. 18 and is part of a national tour organized by the Terra Foundation for American Art.