Atlantic telegraph service messages : document signed : Newfoundland, 1858 Aug. 16-Sept. 30.

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Atlantic telegraph service messages : document signed : Newfoundland, 1858 Aug. 16-Sept. 30.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/547539647

A log of the messages received in Newfoundland from Europe via the first transatlantic telegraph cable in Aug. and Sept. 1858. Includes messages from Queen Victoria, members of the Atlantic Telegraph Company including Cyrus W. Field, and others.

1 item (16 p.) ; 31.8 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7680937

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Field, Cyrus, 1819-1892.

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Atlantic Telegraph Company (Limited)

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Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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Queen Victoria was the only child of Prince Edward, Duke of Kent and Strathearn and Princess Victoria of Saxe-Coburg-Saalfeld. She was born on May 24, 1819 at Kensington Palace in London and she became heir to the throne when her father died. In 1837, she became Queen at the age of 18. During the early part of her reign, she was influenced by two men: her first Prime Minister, Lord Melbourne, and then her husband, Prince Albert, whom she married in 1840. Both men taught her much about how to be ...

Saward, George, 1822-1873.

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British telegraph promoter. From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to an unidentified recipient, 1858 Mar. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 547192991 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1868 Feb. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 547121302 From the description of Autograph letter signed : London, to [Cyrus W. Field], 1858 Mar. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 547212845 ...