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- GLC#
- GLC04894
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- March 31, 1843 - April 8, 1843
- Author/Creator
- Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
- Title
- [Expenditures for first telegraph between Washington, D.C. and Baltimore]
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 32.1 cm, Width: 20.1 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Records expenditures for many of the key components for the first telegraph line between Washington, D.C., and Baltimore, Maryland. Entitled "United States in account with Samuel F. B. Morse." Includes traveling expenses, advertising, office supplies, salaries, and wire.
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