The telegraph in American and Morse memorial (1886)
Reid, James D · New York, Printed for the author by J. Polhemus · leaf 534
ssion of strength and prestige. Its line nowextended from ocean to ocean. Its business was large, its outlook bril-liant, its position impregnable, its influence immense. It stood confes-sedly one of the vastest and most comprehensive of the private enter-prises of the world. Contrary to the… … in^iir-A-H-K^^^ The Western Union Telegraph Company. 497 raised by assessment. It was the basis of several fortunes. On March15, 1863, the capital was increased to $3,000,000, and the increase dis-tributed among the stockholders. Edward Creighton, the easternbuilder, who was a large subscriber to…
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 · Telegraph
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