Account of the delivery of the first cablegram, 1923 Aug. 6 / by Medora O. F. Morrill.

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Account of the delivery of the first cablegram, 1923 Aug. 6 / by Medora O. F. Morrill.

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Typescript account of the August, 1858, race between the steamers "Grey Eagle" and "Itasca" from Dunleith (Ill.) to St. Paul (Minn.) in order to deliver Queen Victoria's first transatlantic cablegram to President Buchanan, then in St. Paul. The "Grey Eagle's" captain was Morrill's grandfather, Daniel S. Harris.

2 p.

Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts

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Harris, Daniel Smith, 1808-1893.

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Grey Eagle (Steamship).

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Morrill, Medora.

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Itasca (Steamship).

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