CHAPTER XL.
JUNE 14, 1871--APRIL 16, 1872 Nearing the end .-- Estimate of the Reverend F.B.

Wheeler .-- Early poem .-- Leaves "Locust Grove" for last time .-- Death of his brother Sidney .-- Letter to Cyrus Field on neutrality of telegraph .-- Letter of F.O.J.

Smith to H.J.

Rogers .-- Reply by Professor Gale .-- Vicious attack by F.O.J.
Smith .-- Death prevents reply by Morse .-- Unveils statue of Franklin in last public appearance .-- Last hours .-- Death .-- Tributes of James D.Reid, New York "Evening Post," New York "Herald," and Louisville "Courier-Journal."-- Funeral .-- Monument in Greenwood Cemetery .-- Memorial services in House of Representatives, Washington .-- Address of James G.
Blaine .-- Other memorial services .-- Mr.Prime's review of Morse's character .-- Epilogue ILLUSTRATIONS MORSE THE INVENTOR (Photogravure) From a photograph.
DRAWINGS FROM 1832 SKETCH-BOOK, SHOWING FIRST CONCEPTION OF TELEGRAPH MORSE'S FIRST TELEGRAPH INSTRUMENT Now in the National Museum, Washington.
ROUGH DRAWING BY MORSE SHOWING THE FIRST FORM OF THE ALPHABET AND THE CHANGES TO THE PRESENT FORM QUANTITIES OF THE TYPE FOUND IN THE TYPE-CASES OF A PRINTING-OFFICE.
CALCULATION MADE BY MORSE TO AID HIM IN SIMPLIFYING ALPHABET "ATTENTION UNIVERSE, BY KINGDOMS RIGHT WHEEL." FACSIMILE OF FIRST MORSE ALPHABET MESSAGE Given to General Thomas S.Cummings at time of transmission by Professor S.F.B.Morse, New York University, Wednesday, January 24, 1838.

Presented to the National Museum at Washington by the family of General Thomas S.Cummings of New York, February 13, 1906.
DRAWING BY MORSE OF RAILWAY TELEGRAPH, PATENTED BY HIM IN FRANCE IN 1838, AND EMBODYING PRINCIPLE OF POLICE AND FIRE ALARM TELEGRAPH FIRST FORM OF KEY .-- IMPROVED FORM OF KEY .-- EARLY RELAY .-- FIRST WASHINGTON-BALTIMORE INSTRUMENT The two keys and the relay are in the National Museum, Washington.
The Washington-Baltimore instrument is owned by Cornell University.
S.F.B.MORSE From a portrait by Daniel Huntington.
HOUSE AT LOCUST GROVE, POUGHKEEPSIE, NEW YORK SARAH ELIZABETH GRISWOLD, SECOND WIFE OF S.F.B.MORSE From a daguerreotype.
MORSE AND HIS YOUNGEST SON From an ambrotype.
HOUSE AND LIBRARY AT 5 WEST 22D STREET, NEW YORK TELEGRAM SHOWING MORSE'S CHARACTERISTIC DEADHEAD, WHICH HE ALWAYS USED TO FRANK HIS MESSAGES MORSE IN OLD AGE From a photograph by Sarony.
SAMUEL F.B.MORSE HIS LETTERS AND JOURNALS.