se (1806) on disestablishment in
Virginia, ~1~, 13
Porto Rico, M.'s visit (1858), ~2~, 399-400, 404, 406
first telegraph line, 404
Portraits by M., John Adams, ~1~, 196
Mrs. Ball, 231-233
De Forest, 243
James Kent, 250
Moss Kent, 246
Lafayette, 260-262, 264, 270, 272, 286
John Langdon, 211
Mrs. Lind, 435
James Monroe, 222, 226, 234
James Russell, 180
Dr. Smith, 261
Stanford, 270
Thorwaldsen, 370-374, ~2~, 465
Portrule, ~2~, 74, 88, 90
superseded, 117
Portsmouth, N.H., M. at (1816-17), ~1~, 210, 212, 213
Portugal, testimonials to M., ~2~, 393, 403
Potter, Edward, and origin of Academy of Design, ~1~, 280
Poughkeepsie, M.'s home at, ~2~, 269, 280, 284, 286, 296, 464, 498
greeting to M. (1859), 407, 408
Powell, W.H., commission for Capitol painting, ~2~, 267
Prescott, G.B., M. on work, ~2~, 457
_President_, U.S.S., reported capture (1811), ~1~, 54
Presidential election, conduct in Congress (1825), ~1~, 263
report over telegraph of conventions (1844), ~2~, 219, 224-228
M. on Buchanan's election, 371
M. supports McClellan's candidacy, 427, 429-431
M. on (1868), 465, 466
Prime, S.I., on M.'s anecdote of West, ~1~, 42
on M.'s grandfather, 227
on Jedediah Morse and wife, 287, 293
on incident in construction of experimental line, ~2~, 214
on success of line, 222
on sustainment of M.'s patent, 291
on M. and Phillipsborn at Berlin, 461-484
review of M.'s character, 516
Prince, L.B., at M.'s funeral, ~2~, 512
Printing, M. on, ~2~, 299
Printing telegraph, ~2~, 271
_See also_ House.
Prosch, ----, and instruments for telegraph, ~2~, 153, 154
Prussia, testimonials to M., ~2~, 392
telegraph in Austrian War, 463
Public ownership, M.'s plan for telegraph, ~2~, 84-86, 119, 175, 176
price of offer, 86
Congress declines to purchase, 228, 229, 232, 244, 245
Pump, M.'s invention, ~1~, 211

Putnam, Aaron, oration at Charlestown (1805), ~1~, 7.
Putnam, I.W., as minister, ~1~, 213

Quarantine, M. evades French (1831), ~1~, 402-405
Quincy, Josiah, at memorial services to M., ~2~, 516

Raasloff, Capt. ----, and M., ~2~, 353
Radziwill, Prince M.J., M.'s encounter with, at Rome (1830), ~1~, 386-389
and Polish revolt, 389
Railroads, first mention by M., ~1~, 335
M.'s invention for reporting trains, ~2~, 132
Ralston, Eliza, and M., ~1~, 88, 89
Rankin, R.G., on first view of telegraph and M.'s attitude, ~2~, 45-47
Ransom, W.L., from M. (1864) on loyalty, ~2~,