Jedidiah Morse

Morse's gravestone at the Grove Street Cemetery in New Haven. 1810–11. Yale University Art Gallery |signature=Appletons' Morse Jedidiah signature.png |birth_date = |birth_place=Woodstock, Connecticut Colony, British America |death_date = |death_place=New Haven, Connecticut, U.S. |spouse = Elizabeth Ann Finley Breese |children = 3, including Samuel and Sidney }} Jedidiah Morse (August 23, 1761June 9, 1826) was a geographer whose textbooks became a staple for students in the United States. He was the father of the telegraphy pioneer and painter Samuel Morse, and his textbooks earned him the sobriquet of "father of American geography." Provided by Wikipedia
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    Author: Washington, George, 1732-1799
    Published 1811
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    Washington's Farewell address, to the people of the United States
  2. 42
    Published 1797
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    The american gazetteer : exhibiting, in alphabetical order, a much more full and accurate account, than has been given, of the states, provinces, counties, cities, towns [etc.] ... on the American continent
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    Published 1975
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    The first annual report of the American Society for Promoting the Civilization and General Improvement of the Indian tribes in the United States : communicated to the Society, in the City of Washington, with the documents in the appendix, at their meeting, Feb. 6, 1824
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    Published 1824
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    Annual report of the American Society for Promoting the Civilization and General Improvement of the Indian Tribes in the United States
  5. 45
    Author: Dwight, Timothy, 1778-1844
    Published 1808
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    A sermon preached at the opening of the theological institution in Andover, and at the ordination of Rev. Eliphalet Pearson, LL. D., September 28th, 1808

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