his belief in foreign machinations, 420
M. and McClellan's candidacy, 427, 429-431
M. and Sanitary Commission, 428
M.'s denunciation of rejoicing over success, 438-441
Claflin, William, and statue to M., ~2~, 483
Clarke, George, buys M.'s painting of Louvre, M.'s letter on this (1834),
~2~, 27, 28
Clay, Henry, and M.'s effort for commission for painting for Capitol, ~2~,
28
Clinton, ----, of Albany, and M. (1823), ~1~, 247
Club, The, of New York, ~1~, 282, 451
Coat of arms, Morse, ~1~, 110, ~2~, 268
Coffin, I.N., and lobbying for telegraph grant, ~2~, 164, 173
Cogdell, J.S., artist at Charleston (1819), ~1~, 221
and art academy there, 236
Colt, Daniel, gift to Academy of Design, ~1~, 384
Cole, Thomas, and origin of Academy of Design, ~1~, 280
at Royal Academy (1829), 308
to M. (1837) on presidency of Academy of Design, ~2~, 32
Coleridge, S.T., mental prescription for Allston, ~1~, 60
and hat-wearing, 60
and M., traits, 95, 96
premier of _Remorse_, 96
and _Knickerbocker's History of New York_, 97
Colfax, Schuyler, and banquet to M., ~2~, 468
at memorial services, 514
Color, M.'s theory and experiments, ~1~, 436
Colt, ----, with M. at Peterhoff (1856), ~2~, 357
Como, Lake of, M. at (1831), ~1~, 400
Concentration of effort, Jedediah Morse on, ~1~, 4
Concord, N.H., M. at and on (1816), ~1~, 201, 209
Congregational Church, Jedediah Morse and orthodoxy, ~1~, 4
Congress, M.'s painting of House (1822), ~1~, 240-242, 252
conduct of presidential election (1825), 263
resolution to investigate telegraph (1837), ~2~, 71
skeptical of M.'s invention, 72
exhibition of telegraph before (1838) but no grant, 81, 88, 103, 135,
137, 150
Smith's report on telegraph, 87
renewal of effort for telegraph grant without result (1841-42), 164,
166, 173-177
second exhibition of telegraph (1842), 185
workers for telegraph grant, 186, 189
bill for experimental line in House (1843), 190-195
passage of bill in House, 195
no action expected in Senate, 197-199
passage of act, 199-201
refuses to purchase telegraph, 228, 229, 232, 244, 245
memorial services to M., 513-516
Consolidation of telegraph lines, ~2~, 320, 326, 341, 405
M. on beneficent monopoly, 444
_See also_ Public ownership.
Constant, Benjamin, appearance (1830), ~1~, 316
Constitution, M. on loyalty, ~2~, 429
Cooke, O.F., rival of Kemble, ~1~, 77
Cooke, Sir W.F., telegraph, ~2~, 50
M. on telegraph and