The Caveat.--Work at Morristown.--Judge Vail.--First success.--Resolution in Congress regarding telegraphs.--Morse's reply.--Illness.--Heaviness of first instruments.--Successful exhibition in Morristown.--Exhibition in New York University.--First use of Morse alphabet.--Change from first form of alphabet to present form.--Trials of an inventor.--Dr. Jackson.-- Slight friction between Morse and Vail.--Exhibition at Franklin Institute, Philadelphia.--Exhibitions in Washington.--Skepticism of public.--F.O.J. Smith.--F.L. Pope's estimate of Smith.--Proposal for government telegraph.--Smith's report.--Departure for Europe CHAPTER XXV JUNE, 1838--JANUARY 21. 1839 Arrival in England.--Application for letters patent.--Cooke and Wheatstone's telegraph.--Patent refused.--Departure for Paris.--Patent secured in France.--Earl of Elgin.--Earl of Lincoln.--Baron de Meyendorff.--Russian contract.--Return to London.--Exhibition at the Earl of Lincoln's.--Letter from secretary of Lord Campbell, Attorney-General. --Coronation of Queen Victoria.--Letters to daughter.--Birth of the Count of Paris.--Exhibition before the Institute of France.--Arago; Baron Humboldt.--Negotiations with the Government and Saint-Germain Railway.-- Reminiscences of Dr. Kirk.--Letter of the Honorable H. L. Ellsworth.-- Letter to F.O.J. Smith.--Dilatoriness of the French CHAPTER XXVI JANUARY 6, 1839--MARCH 9, 1839 Despondent letter to his brother Sidney.--Longing for a home.--Letter to Smith.--More delays.--Change of ministry.--Proposal to form private company.--Impossible under the laws of France.--Telegraphs a government monopoly.--Refusal of Czar to sign Russian contract.--Dr. Jackson.--M. Amyot.--Failure to gain audience of king.--Lord Elgin.--Earl of Lincoln. --Robert Walsh prophesies success.--Meeting with Earl of Lincoln in later years.--Daguerre.--Letter to Mrs. Cass on lotteries.--Railway and military telegraphs.--Skepticism of a Marshal of France CHAPTER XXVII APRIL 15, 1839--SEPTEMBER 30, 1840 Arrival in New York.--Disappointment at finding nothing done by Congress or his associates.--Letter to Professor Henry.--Henry's reply.-- Correspondence with Daguerre.--Experiments with daguerreotypes.-- Professor Draper.--First group photograph of a college class.--Failure of Russian contract.--Mr. Chamberlain.--Discouragement through lack of funds.--No help from his associates.--Improvements in telegraph made by Morse.--Humorous letter CHAPTER XXVIII JUNE 20, 1840--AUGUST 12, 1842