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Dr. Ralph R. Chase West Texas Collection
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Samuel Finley Breese Morse

Telegraph Register Patent Model, patented May 1, 1849                      Samuel F. B. 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