Morse Code or Vail Code?

On Monday, we celebrated the birthday of Samuel Morse, who is generally credited with the invention of Morse Code.

However, in an interesting article by Neal McEwen, K5RW, he poses the question 'Did Samuel F. B. Morse Invent the Code as We Know it Today?'

The opening paragraph of this article says:
'The invention of the Morse code is generally attributed to Samuel F. B. Morse. Have we been mislead by historians? Have historians overlooked important documents? Or have historians just not shared all the facts with us?'

Read the full article - then make-up your own mind..
http://www.telegraph-office.com/pages/vail.html