Show morses more telegraph in 1832 1932 samuel F B morse an american artist conceived the idea which later he developed into the electric telegraph and his telegraphic alphabet or code morse completed his first instruments in 1835 and during the succeeding eight years gave a number of public demonstrations after several fruitless efforts he obtained in 1843 a government appropriation to build an experimental telegraph line ine over this line from washington to baltimore the first telegraph message was transmitted on may 24 1844 it was what hath bath god wrought with the sending of this message began a new era in human history for it marked the first successful transmission of written word by electricity a branch of communication which during the past 90 years has played an important part in the social and economic development of america and of tile the world as a whole |