The telegraph in American and Morse memorial (1886)
Reid, James D · New York, Printed for the author by J. Polhemus · leaf 394
! This was so adroitlydone, that long before the Press steamer had landed, Craigs pigeonshad delivered his news reports in the city, and they were published inadvance by the opposition press journals ! This defeat, and the heavyexpenses connected with the express, led to a quarrel between the… … D. H. Craig. 364 American Telegraphic History. extend it to Portland, Bangor and Calais, Me., on the borders of NewBrunswick, and in 1849 it was opened to St. John, N. B. At this pointCraig had the discernment to discover tliat pigeons were no match forelectricity, and accordingly he arranged for a…
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 · Telegraph
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