The American Electro Magnetic Telegraph: with the Reports of Congress, and a Description of all Telegraphs Known, employing Electricity or Galvanism

by Alfred Vail

$4,800 · Offered by Manhattan Rare Books

First edition

“What Hath God Wrought” FIRST EDITION, LEONARD GALE'S COPY, of perhaps the most important book documenting the earliest history of telegraphy. Gale's work with Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail was critical to the success of the telegraph. With Gale's ownership signature on title page and front pastedown. On May 24, 1844, Samuel Morse famously sent the world’s first telegraphic message: “What Hath God Wrought”

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