Samuel Morse, the Telegraph, 1837
A gouache on paper painting titled Samuel Morse, the Telegraph, 1837 by Nicha Sursock. This is part of a series of 43 works representing the history of the USA.
On May 24, 1844 Morse sent the first official long-distance telegraph from Washington DC to Baltimore. He wrote: "What hath God wroth". That moment changed the world, the electrical telegraph connected continents and opened the way to modern communications.
