The son of a pastor, Morse built the first first telegraph lines between Baltimore and the U.S. Supreme Court chamber in Washington, D.C. His first message over these lines in 1844 was from the Bible, Numbers 23:23: "What hath God Wrought!" | The son of a pastor, Morse built the first first telegraph lines between Baltimore and the U.S. Supreme Court chamber in Washington, D.C. His first message over these lines in 1844 was from the Bible, Numbers 23:23: "What hath God Wrought!" |