MORSE, SAMUEL F.B. Autograph letter signed ("Sam F.B. Morse") to Catherine A. Pattison, New York, 4 October 1836. 2 pages, 4to, separate autograph address leaf (tear at seal). MORSE ASSURES HIS YOUNG FRIEND THAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE HONORABLE. In this affectionate letter, Morse implies that he has overstepped "the strictest bounds of friendship," and writes to Catherine: "Fear not that I shall ever forget myself on this point again...and I will prove to you that I know the bounds which reason and propriety have prescribed to a friend." Morse explains that the "striking coincidences of character" between Catherine and a long-lost friend were "the cause of the warmth of some expressions towards you." He continues: "You must allow me always to consider you in the light of a daughter and with the affection of a father to a daughter." In closing, Morse writes: "I shall claim the privilege of painting your portrait when you return from your Southern tour."

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MORSE, SAMUEL F.B. Autograph letter signed ("Sam F.B. Morse") to Catherine A. Pattison, New York, 4 October 1836. 2 pages, 4to, separate autograph address leaf (tear at seal). MORSE ASSURES HIS YOUNG FRIEND THAT HIS INTENTIONS ARE HONORABLE. In this affectionate letter, Morse implies that he has overstepped "the strictest bounds of friendship," and writes to Catherine: "Fear not that I shall ever forget myself on this point again...and I will prove to you that I know the bounds which reason and propriety have prescribed to a friend." Morse explains that the "striking coincidences of character" between Catherine and a long-lost friend were "the cause of the warmth of some expressions towards you." He continues: "You must allow me always to consider you in the light of a daughter and with the affection of a father to a daughter." In closing, Morse writes: "I shall claim the privilege of painting your portrait when you return from your Southern tour."