Today's post is a brief notice about Francois Gouraud. Starting next week, I will be transcribing the dispute between Gouraud and Samuel Morse as contained in the February 1840 to March 1840 issues of the New York newspaper, "The Evening Star." Stay tuned. . .it gets rather testy! On this day (February 14) in the year 1840, the following notice appeared in the "Boston Daily Evening Transcript": - - - - - - THE DAGUERREOTYPE. Mr. Gouraud has announced that he will positively close his practical illustrations of the process of the Daguerreotype, at New York, on Friday, the 21st inst, and we are happy to learn that he intends immediately afterwards to set out for this city, for the purpose of giving the same lectures and illustrations here. [Advertiser. -------------------------------------------------------------- 02-14-00