Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 to Edward P. Fry

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GLC#
GLC04503.04-View header record
Type
Letters
Date
22 August 1844
Author/Creator
Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Title
to Edward P. Fry
Place Written
Baltimore, Maryland
Pagination
1 p. : docket Height: 29 cm, Width: 17 cm
Primary time period
National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
Sub-Era
Age of Jackson

Regrets that he cannot yet give Fry an answer to his request because he cannot get in touch with all the other proprietors. Sends a paper Fry requested (not present), and states he has made an improvement in the telegraph machinery which will allow him to write at least 25 characters a minute. Informs that he has just completed experiments on running telegraph lines across rivers. Addressed to Fry in Philadelphia.

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