The telegraph in American and Morse memorial (1886)
Reid, James D · New York, Printed for the author by J. Polhemus · leaf 253
was well known in the east, where even the window-catches were in almost universal use for key buttons until the new keywith insulated closer was introduced. Yet, for all that, it was anoriginal invention, with all the merit which that expression implies.And so Mr. Hine, with sublime philosophy and… … C. C. Hine. 4 The Ohio and Mississippi Telegraph Company. 225 In 1850, the message of President Taylor was transmitted by BillieBarr, of Louisville, and received by Charles C. Hine without therepetition of a single word. This was also regarded as a great feat. Mr.Hine was a rapid penman and an…
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 · Telegraph
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