Samuel Finley Breese Morse 

                     

Telegraph Register Patent Model, patented May 1, 1849,
patent number 6,420, by Samuel F. B. Morse

The famous message: "What hath God Wrought?"
 

INTERNATIONAL MORSE CODE
A ·­ N ­· 1 ·­­­­ Ñ ­­·­­ N with tilde
B ­··· O ­­­ 2 ··­­­ Ö ­­­· O with umlaut
C ­·­· P ·­­· 3 ···­­ Ü ··­­ U with umlaut
D ­·· Q ­­·­ 4 ····­ , ­­ ··­ ­ comma
E · R ·­· 5 ····· . ·­·­·­ period
F ··­· S ··· 6 ­···· ? ··­­·· question mark
G ­­· T ­ 7 ­­··· ; ­·­·­ semicolon
H ···· U ··­ 8 ­­­·· : ­­­··· colon
I ·· V ···­ 9 ­­­­· / ­··­· slash
J ·­­­ W ·­­ 0 ­­­­­ - ­····­ dash
K ­·­ X ­··­ Á ·­­·­ A with accent ' ·­­­­· apostrophe
L ·­·· Y ­·­­ Ä ·­·­ A with umlaut () ­·­­·­ parenthesis
M ­­ Z ­­·· É ··­·· E with accent _ ··­­·­ underline