The telegraph in American and Morse memorial (1886)
Reid, James D · New York, Printed for the author by J. Polhemus · leaf 886
a man witha bit of wire in his hand or irons on his feet. But that did not last long. Aftera while a chickens neck remained unwrung until the landlady heard the jingleof cash. In time, thanks to Fairbanks and others, telegraph men came to beregarded as wholesome. But nobody knows better than Dennis… … 8i2 American Telegraphic History. -1- CHAPTER LIX. Telegraphs in Cities. TH E primary mission of the telegraph, in the thoughts of men, wasto give the means of intercourse between communities widelyseparated from each other. The humanizing influence it thus exerted,even in anticipation of its…
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 · Telegraph
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