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	Hudson-Mohawk Genealogical and Family Memoirs: Finley (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		The clan Finley of Scotland, a Highland family of the country in the vicinity of Inverness, is said to be one of the most ancient of all Highland clans.
		John H. Finley, president of the College of the City of New York, is a descendant of one of the brothers of President Samuel Finley, of Princeton.
		The third son, Major Samuel Finley, was a major in the Virginia line at the time of the revolution, and commanded a regigent of riflemen in the war of 1812.
	www.schenectadyhistory.org /families/hmgfm/finley.html (2322 words)

	Ancestry of Michael Finley
		Finley was perhaps Fleming County's most prominent citizen, serving as state legislator from that county during 1800-1804 and as justice of the peace during 1801-5.
		Samuel Finley was born in Cumberland Co., PA April 15, 1752.
		Samuel Finley was born in Co. Armagh, Ireland July 2, 1715.
	www.geocities.com /wlabach/finleyan.htm (4935 words)

	Samuel F. B. Morse - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
		Samuel Finley Breese Morse (April 27, 1791 – April 2, 1872) was an American inventor, and painter of portraits and historic scenes.
		Samuel F. Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the first child of geographer and pastor Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann Breese Morse.
		In 1839, Samuel Morse published (from Paris) the first American description of daguerreotype photography by Louis Daguerre.
	en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Samuel_F._B._Morse (902 words)

	Samuel Finley
		FINLEY, Samuel, educator, born in County Armagh, Ireland, in 1715; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 17 July 1766.
		His nephew, Samuel Finley, soldier, born in Westmoreland County, Pennsylvania, 15 April 1752; died in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 2 April 1829, was educated by his uncle, President Finley, and settled in Martinsburg, Virginia.
		Dr, Finley was with the commands that established Fort Leavenworth, Fort Gibson, and Jefferson Barracks, and in 1834 accompanied General Henry Dodge on one of the earliest expeditions to the Rocky Mountains.
	www.famousamericans.net /samuelfinley (883 words)

	Finley, Samuel (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Finley, Samuel (1715-1766), fifth president of Princeton, was a Scotch-Irishman who came to this country with his parents when he was nineteen.
		Finley's presidency was marked by steady growth in enrollment, by his planting of shade trees -- two sycamores that he planted in front of the President's House (now the Maclean House) are still standing -- and by his effective teaching.
		Samuel Finley Breese Morse, developer of the telegraph, was the great grandson of President Finley; in 1870 he gave the portrait of Finley that hangs in the Faculty Room in Nassau Hall.
	etc.princeton.edu /CampusWWW/WWWfiles/Companion/finley_samuel.html (417 words)

	Adventures in CyberSound: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
		Samuel F.B. Morse was a painter and photographer and founder of the National Academy of Design.
		Samuel F.B. Morse has been called "the American Leonardo," because, though he is most famed for inventing the telegraph and the dot-and-dash code used by telegraphers everywhere, he was also an accomplished artist and politician.
		Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on April 27, 1791.
	www.acmi.net.au /AIC/MORSE_BIO.html (3863 words)

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		Samuel Finley was named heir with brother, David, to his parent's plantation in Montgomery County in 1779, which they jointly sold in 1792.
		In 1796 a Samuel Finley was ordained as a Presbyterian minister in Madison County.
		Samuel was found on the payroll of Paddack's 5th Regiment, Captain Charles Busey's Company, as a private for the period 18 February to 19 March 1813 for which he received $8, one month's pay.
	lib-operations.sonoma.edu /fin/aaa-0030.html (16811 words)

	Morse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Samuel Finley Breese Morse, born in Charlestown, Mass., 27 April, 1791, was the oldest son of Reverend Jedidiah Morse and Elizabeth Ann (nee Breese) Morse.
		The telegraph key Samuel Morse used on his first line in 1844 was very simple--a strip of spring steel that could be pressed against a metal contact.
		Samuel Morse and his new wife, Sarah E. Griswold, lived in the house that Morse purchased in 1847 on the east bank of the Hudson, near Poughkeepsie, which they called "Locust Grove".
	chem.ch.huji.ac.il /~eugeniik/history/morse.html (5107 words)

	My Finley Family
		Samuel's farm, smaller of the two was sold to Pat Murphy (the last tavern keeper at Rock Tavern) whose heirs sold it.
		Samuel died on 15 Feb 1827, he was 54 and is buried in the McClaughry Family Cemetary in Little Britain, NY.
		Samuel married Mary McCarty, daughter of Neil McCarty and Mary Burnet (1742-1831).
	home.shianet.org /~efrasier/Finley.html (977 words)

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		Finley vs. Tate - O.S. 99 - Bill by Samuel Finley and Mary, his wife, daughter of John Tate, who died December, 1802, testate.
		Finley and Sally Ramsey, daughter of Andrew Ramsey (consent).
		Samuel Steel's will - Executors, James and Andrew Steel; to son, Samuel; to four daughters, Margaret, Sarah, Martha, and Mary; to sons, James, Andrew, and Samuel.
	lib-operations.sonoma.edu /fin/aaa-0226.html (341 words)

	Samuel Finley Breese Morse Papers (Library of Congress) (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Processing History: The papers of Samuel Finley Breese Morse were processed in 1975; additional material received between 1981 and 1995 was incorporated into the collection in 1996.
		Copyright Status: The status of copyright in the unpublished writings of Samuel Finley Breese Morse is governed by the Copyright Law of the United States (Title 17, U.S.C.).
		A copy of the register of the Samuel Finley Breese Morse Papers is available at the beginning of each reel of microfilm.
	www.loc.gov /rr/mss/text/morse.html (1530 words)

	Samuel Finley Breese Morse; George Anderson
		Everyone recognizes that Samuel F. Morse was the inventor of the telegraph and the Morse code, but few know that he was also a brilliant painter.
		Samuel Morse was one of the great American painter - something that was recognized by Chicago’s Daniel Terra, “U.S. ambassador at large for cultural affairs.” He acquired the Morse painting “Gallery of the Louvre” for the Terra Museum of American Art in Chicago, IL.
		The papers of Samuel Morse were given to The Library of Congress and may be accessed on the Internet.
	www.chicago-scots.org /clubs/History/Newsletters/1999/July99-3.htm (473 words)

	Historic Speedwell - Morristown, NJ - Biographical Sketch: Samuel F. B. Morse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts in 1791.
		The invention of the Morse code is generally attributed to Samuel F. Morse.
		At an early age Samuel was sent to Yale College, and was graduated from that institution in 1810.
	speedwell.org /tel/SFBMbio.html (419 words)

	Finley, Samuel on Encyclopedia.com (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		In the early 1740s, Finley founded a school in Nottingham on the Pennsylvania-Maryland border (now the West Nottingham Academy).
		Finley, Nowitzki y Nash acaban con Sacramento en triunfo de Dallas
		Pedagogical discipline and the creation of white citizenship: John Witherspoon, Robert Finley, and the Colonization Society.
	www.encyclopedia.com /html/E/E-F1inley-S1.asp (332 words)

	Samuel Finley Breese Morse Biography / Biography of Samuel Finley Breese Morse Main Biography
		Samuel Finley Breese Morse (1791-1872), American artist and inventor, designed and developed the first successful electromagnetic telegraph system.
		Samuel F. Morse was born in Charlestown, Mass., on April 27, 1791; he was the son of Jedidiah Morse, a clergyman.
		Samuel took a job as a clerk in a Charlestown bookstore.
	www.bookrags.com /biography-samuel-finley-breese-morse (262 words)

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		12 June 1792 - John Finley of Augusta to David and Samuel Finley of Lincoln County, KY, 327 acres on Reed Creek.
		27 September 1796 - Agreement: Samuel Finley of Fayette County and William Sudduth of Clarke County, KY, concerning 500 acres Finley obtained from Jacob Myers, Clarke County, KY DB 2:42.
		26 April 1802 - Matthew Patton to Samuel Finley of Hardin County, KY, 550 acres on Bacon Creek, Hardin County, Clarke County DB 4:384.
	lib-operations.sonoma.edu /fin/aaa-0238.html (877 words)

	SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE - LoveToKnow Article on SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE - LoveToKnow Article on SAMUEL FINLEY BREESE MORSE
		(1791-1872), American artist and inventor, was born at Charlestown, Massachusetts, on the 27th of April 1791, son of Jedidiah Morse (1761-1826), Congregational minister there and a writer on geography, and a grandson of Samuel Finley, president of the college of New Jersey.
		At the age of fourteen he entered Yale College, where he graduated in I81o and where under the instruction of Jeremiah Day and Benjamin Silliman he received the first impulse towards electrical studies.
	29.1911encyclopedia.org /M/MO/MORSE_SAMUEL_FINLEY_BREESE.htm (641 words)

	Invent Now \| Hall of Fame \| Search \| Inventor Profile
		Samuel F. Morse, once a portrait painter, turned to inventing to make his fortune.
		Born in Charlestown, Massachusetts, the eldest child of the Reverend Jedidiah Morse and his wife, Elizabeth Ann Breese, Samuel Morse attended Phillips Academy in Andover, Massachusetts, and entered Yale College in 1805, graduating in 1810.
		Samuel Morse's interest in telegraphy began in 1832, and the elements of a relay system were worked out late in 1835.
	www.invent.org /hall_of_fame/106.html (219 words)

	Directory - Society: History: By Topic: Science: Engineering and Technology: Biography: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
		Samuel F. Morse Papers at the Library of Congress · cached · Images of highlights from this large collection, family tree, life chronology, and articles about the invention of the telegraph and Morse's efforts in the arts, politics, and photography.
		Morse, Samuel F. cached · Short biography from the National Inventors Hall of Fame.
		Signature of the Father · cached · Gives a detailed account of the last telegraph message sent by Samuel Morse during a tribute in his honor in New York City, June 10, 1871.
	www.incywincy.com /default?p=5819797 (159 words)

	Samuel F. B. Morse
		Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on April 27, 1791, in Charlestown, just outside of Boston, Massachusetts.
		He was the son of Jedidiah Morse, a pastor who was as well known for his geography as Noah Webster, a friend of the family, was known for his dictionaries.
		He died of pneumonia in New York City on April 2, 1872, at the age of 80.
	www.morsehistoricsite.org /history/morse.html (808 words)

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		Samuel DOAK I, born in 1690, buried in Antim Co., Ireland, province of Ulster, m.
		Samuel were "of Mercer County, Kentucky." In 1785 a Samuel Finley signed a petition for the grant of land for a town site in Lincoln County.
		It is tempting to believe this Samuel Finley is David's brother, and perhaps he is. The one disquieting fact is that in the 1810 census of Lincoln County he is placed in the twenty- six to forty-five age group, too young to have inherited property in 1779.
	www.joepayne.org /doak.htm (15337 words)

	MSN Encarta - Samuel Morse
		Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791-1872), American artist and inventor, known for his part in the invention of the electric telegraph and the Morse code (see Morse Code, International).
		Morse was born in Charlestown, Massachusetts (now part of Boston), on April 27, 1791, and educated at Yale College (now Yale University).
		The line was successfully installed, and on May 24, 1844, Morse sent the first message: “What hath God wrought!” Morse was subsequently involved in much litigation over his claim to the invention of the telegraph, and the courts decided in his favor.
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	Mathew Brady Photographs - Samuel Finley Breese Morse
		When a scarcity of commissions led Samuel F.B. Morse to reconsider his career as an artist, he turned from painting to pursue an earlier interest in inventing.
		In 1832, he conceived a plan for an electromagnetic recording telegraph and dedicated his energies over the next several years to developing a working model for his invention.
		Although for a time the future of Morse’s telegraph was imperiled by a lack of capital, in 1843 Congress funded the construction of an experimental line between Washington and Baltimore.
	www.civilwar.si.edu /brady_morse.html (151 words)

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		That the said Jefferson, James, John, Samuel and Elizabeth are infants.
		And your petitioners pray that the said George M. Braden and Nancy his wife and Alvin, Jefferson, James, John, Samuel, Elizabeth and Rachel Finley may be made parties to this petition.
		Jacob Black being duly sworn appointed and faith that John Finley and Mahala his wife (formerly Mahala Finley) Jefferson Finley and James Finley heirs of Samuel Finley of the County of Macon, are not residents of this State - but reside in the State of Missouri.
	lib-operations.sonoma.edu /fin/aaa-0760.html (337 words)

	Samuel F.B. Morse Online
		Morse was the inventor of the electric telegraph and the Morse code, and also wrote somewhat paranoid religious-political tracts under the pen-name "Brutus".
		Samuel F.B. Morse at the Smithsonian American Art Museum, Washington D.C. Terra Foundation for the Arts, Chicago
		All images and text on this Samuel F.B. Morse page are copyright 1999-2005 by John Malyon/Artcyclopedia, unless otherwise noted.
	www.artcyclopedia.com /artists/morse_samuel_fb.html (283 words)

	Samuel Finley Breese Morse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Samuel F. Morse's first career was as an artist.
		After graduating from Yale in 1810, he went to England to study painting with Washington Allston and Benjamin West.
		By 1844, he was seated in the United States Capitol tapping out the first long-distance telegraph message in a code that still bears his name.
	www.npg.si.edu /exh/brush/morse.htm (115 words)

	AllRefer.com - Samuel Finley Breese Morse (Technology, Biography) - Encyclopedia
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		Samuel Finley Breese Morse 1791–1872, American inventor and artist, b.
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	Anecdote - Samuel Finley Breese Morse - Morse (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-29)
		Samuel Morse, while best known as an inventor, was also a successful artist.
		One of his paintings, depicting a man in the throes of death, was once shown to a friend who happened to be a doctor.
		Morse, Samuel Finley Breese (1791-1872) American inventor [noted for his invention of the telegraph]
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	Samuel Finley Vinton
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		VINTON, Samuel Finley, congressman, born in South Hadley, Massachusetts, 25 September, 1792; died in Washington, D. C., 11 May, 1862.
		He was graduated at Williams in 1814, studied law, was admitted to the bar in 1816, and began to practise in Gallipolis, Ohio.
	www.famousamericans.net /samuelfinleyvinton (344 words)

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