Telegraph-Vail box, 1918.

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Telegraph-Vail box, 1918.

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Manuscript extracts compiled by researcher S[tephen] Ward Righter of West Orange, New Jersey, from the Smithsonian Vail collection of manuscript materials referring to the early development of the telegraph. Presented to Theodore N. Vail of New York City in 1918 as part of his preparations for a genealogy of the family of inventor Alfred Vail. Includes an index and cover letter prepared by Righter.

1 box (ca. 500 p.)

New-York Historical Society

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Vail, Theodore Newton, 1845-1920

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Vail, Alfred, 1807-1859

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Genealogist. From the description of Vail family genealogical research papers, [ca. 1851-1858] (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 155497730 Inventor. From the description of Papers of Alfred Vail, 1835-1938. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 82098840 Alfred Vail, a co-inventor of the telegraph, was born in Morristown, New Jersey on September 25, 1807 to Bethiah Youngs and Stephen Vail. On September 2, 1837, he witnessed one of Professor Samuel F.P. Morse's firs...

Righter, Stephen Ward.

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