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of Isabella the Catholic, from Isabella II. of 

 Spain. 



In 1860, Knight of the Tower and Sword, from 

 the King of Portugal. 



In 1864, Chevalier of the Royal Order of Saints 

 Lazaro and Mauritio, from Victor Emmanuel II., 

 King of Italy. 



In 1866, honorary member of the Societe de 

 Physique et d'Histoire Naturelle of Geneva, 

 Switzerland. 



In 1857, Morse aided in the attempt to lay the 

 Atlantic cable, being made electrician of the com- 

 pany. This was eminently fitting, as he had laid 

 the first submarine cable, in 1842, October 18 ; one 

 moonlight night in the harbor of New York City, 

 between Castle Garden and Governor's Island. 



In 1858, France, Austria, Belgium, the Nether- 

 lands, Piedmont, Russia, the Holy See, Sweden, 

 Tuscany, and Turkey presented Mr. Morse with 

 an honorary gratuity of four hundred thousand 

 francs, "as a reward, altogether personal, of your 

 useful labors." 



During an extended trip in Europe, he was pre- 

 sented at the Court of Alexander III. in Russia, 

 and met Baron Humboldt at Potsdam, from whom 

 he received a large photograph of himself, on 

 which he wrote in French: "To Mr. S. F. B. 

 Morse, whose philosophic and useful labors have 

 rendered his name illustrious in two worlds. The 

 homage of the high and affectionate esteem of 

 Alexander Humboldt." After 'also visiting his 



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