| − | Morse was the first American to write an eyewittness account of Daguerre’s new photographic technology.).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/samuel-f-b-morse |title=Samuel F. B. Morse on Answers.com|accessdate=2009-12-10 |work= }}</ref> Daguerre was a Frenchman, and the inventor of the Daguerreotype, a type of photograph. Morse had been interested in photography, and had tried without success to take photographs of his own. Daguerre told Morse the secret of his new process, and Morse brought the technology back to the United States with him when he returned. | + | Morse was the first American to write an eyewitness account of Daguerre’s new photographic technology.).<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.answers.com/topic/samuel-f-b-morse |title=Samuel F. B. Morse on Answers.com|accessdate=2009-12-10 |work= }}</ref> Daguerre was a Frenchman, and the inventor of the Daguerreotype, a type of photograph. Morse had been interested in photography, and had tried without success to take photographs of his own. Daguerre told Morse the secret of his new process, and Morse brought the technology back to the United States with him when he returned. |