Description of the Electro Magnetic Telegraph: Now in Operation Between the Cities of Washington and Baltimore

by Alfred Vail

$1,250 · Offered by James Cummins Bookseller

First edition

First edition. Illustrations. 24pp. 8vo. Publisher's green lettered wrappers, minor soiling and staining. Howes V5; Sabin 98292; Hook & Norman, Origins of Cyberspace 208. Item #352853 When in 1843 Congress approved the construction of an experimental telegraph line between Baltimore and Washington, Vail acted as Morse's chief assistant and received Morse's 'What hath God Wrought' message on May 24,

• Binding: Wrappers

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