Samuel Finley Breese Morse was born on April 27, 1791. He was the American inventor of a single-wire telegraph system and Morse code. The Library of Congress has a photograph of the first message sent by Morse code here.

Morse allowed Annie Ellsworth, the young daughter of a friend, to choose the words of the message, and she selected a verse from Numbers XXIII, 23: “What hath God wrought?”

Samuel Finley Breese Morse Smithsonian Institution

Amateur wireless station Library of Congress

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