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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    by Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
    Published 1819
    Charleston, Lincoln & Edmands, [etc.] 1819.
    2 v. fronts., fold. maps. 23 cm.
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    by Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
    Published 1802
    Charlestown : Printed and sold by Samuel Etheridge, 1802.
    [712] p., [18] p. of plates : ill., folded maps ; 23 cm.
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    by Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
    Published 1804
    Charlestown [Mass.], Samuel Etheridge, 1804.
    xii, [13]-388 p. front. (fold. map) 18 cm.
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    by Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
    Published 1823
    New Haven, S. Converse, 1823.
    856 p. 25 cm.
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    by Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
    Published 1784
    New Haven, Meigs, Bowen & Dana, 1784.
    2 p. ̋., [7]-214, [1] p. incl. tables. 17 cm.
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    by Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
    Published 1797
    Boston : At the Presses of S. Hall, and Thomas & Andrews, 1797.
    viii, [619] p. : 7 maps (6 fold., incl. front.) ; 22 cm.
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    by Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826
    Published 1822
    New Haven, Printed by S. Converse, 1822.
    400 p. front. (port.) fold. map. 21 cm.
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    by Dwight, Timothy, 1752-1817
    Published 1815
    Boston; Samuel T. Armstrong, 1815.
    xii, [13]-176 p. 22 cm.
    Other Authors: ...Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826...
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    Published 1824
    New-Haven, Conn. : The Society, 1824.
    1 volume.
    Also issued in print.
    Other Authors: ...Morse, Jedidiah, 1761-1826...

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