The Young Artist

The Artist Becomes an Engineer

Experiments

Making the Steamboat

The Trial Voyage

Steamboats on the Hudson

Other Interests

His Work Ended

Childhood

Youth

At Yale

In Georgia

The Opportunity

Making the Cotton Gin

Great Expectations

Misfortunes

In the Courts

Making Arms

Last Years

The Parsonage

Early Influences

College Life

Life in London

Painting

Abroad Again

An Important Voyage

Years of Struggle

Encouragement

Waiting at Last Rewarded

The Telegraph

The Cable

The Inventor at Home

Early Years

Youthful Business Ventures

Study

A Change of Business

The Boy Telegraph Operator

Telegrapher and Inventor

In Boston

Recognized as an Electrician

Inventor and Manufacturer

"The Wizard of Menlo Park"

Inventions

At Orange, New Jersey