at Paris (1858), 396
  at New York (1869), 467-475
Barberini, Cardinal, 1, 342
Barrell, Samuel, at Yale, 1, 9. 10
Battery, Gale’s improvement of telegraph, 2, 55
  M.’s improvement, 182
  See also Relay. 
Beecher, Lyman, and M., 1, 238
Beechy, Sir William, M. on, 1, 63
Beggars, M. on Italian, 1, 330, 332, 341, 355, 363, 369
Belgium, interest in M.’s telegraph, 2, 244
  and gratuity to M., 393
Belknap, Jeremy, on birth of M., 1, 2
Bellingham, John, assassinates Perceval, 1, 71
  execution, 72
Bellows, H.W. from M. (1864) on Sanitary Commission, 2, 428
Benedict, Aaron, and wire for experimental line, 2, 208
Benevolence, as female virtue, 1, 323
Bennett, J.G., at French court (1867), 2, 449
Berkshire, Mass., M.’s trip (1821), 1, 238, 239
Berlin, M. at (1866), 2, 365
  (1868), 461
Bernard, Simon, and M., 2, 104
  and telegraph, 132
Bern, Duchesse de, appearance (1830), 1, 316
Bertassoli, Cardinal, death, 1, 347
Bettner, Dr. ——­, and Henry-Morse controversy, 2, 318
Biddle, James, return to America (1832), 1, 430
Biddulph, T.T., as minister, 1, 121
Bigelow, John, farewell banquet to (1867), 2, 451
Blaine.  J.G., address at memorial services to M., 2, 514, 515
Blake, W.P., to M. (1869) on M.’s report, 2, 475
  on Henry controversy, 475
  from M. on same, 478
Blanchard, Thomas, machine for carving marble, 1, 245
Blenheim estates, reduced condition (1829), 1, 307
Bliss, Seth, and Civil War, 2, 416
Bluecher, G.L. von, at London (1814), appearance, 1, 146, 147
Boardman, W.W., and telegraph, letters with M. (1842), 2, 173-177, 187,
    189. 
Bodisco, Alexander de, from M. (1844) on telegraph, 2, 240
  state dinner, 245
Bologna, M. on, 1, 391
Boorman, James, and Civil War, 2, 416
Borland, Catherine, 1, 111
Boston, and art (1816), 1, 197
Boston Recorder, founding, 1, 208
Boudy, Comte, and M.’s telegraph, 2, 112, 123
Breese, Arthur, and marriage of daughter, 1, 228
Breese, Catherine, marriage, 1, 229
  See also Griswold. 
Breese, Elisabeth A. (Mrs. Jedediah Morse), 1, 2
Breese, Samuel, in navy, 1, 88
  under Perry, 140
Breese, Sidney, and M., 2, 411
Breguet, Louis, from M. (1851) on rewards for invention, 2, 313
Brett, J.W., and Atlantic cable, 2 343
  and M. in England (1856), 348, 349, 351
  from M. (1858) on withdrawal from cable company, 385
  and proposed Spanish cable, 406
Bristol, England, M. at (1813, 1814), 1, 119. 121, 153, 163, 169-171
Broek, M. van der, and gratuity to M., 2, 391