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Author Briggs, Charles F. (Charles Frederick), 1804-1877.

Title The story of the telegraph and a history of the great Atlantic cable [electronic resource] / by Charles F. Briggs and Augustus Maverick.

Imprint New York : Rudd & Carleton, 1858.

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Location Call No. OPAC Message Status
 Axe Making of America E-Book  Electronic Book    ---  Available
Description 255 p. : fold. map ; 19 cm.
Series Making of America.
Note "A complete record of the inception, progress, and final success of that undertaking. A general history of land and oceanic telegraphs. Descriptions of telegraphic apparatus, and biographical sketches of the principal persons connected with the great work."
Reproduction Electronic text and image data. Ann Arbor, Mich. : University of Michigan, Digital Library Initiatives, 2000. Includes both TIFF files and keyword searchable text. [Making of America] This volume is made possible by a grant from the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation as part of Making of America IV: the American voice, 1850-1877.
System Details Mode of access: Internet.
Subject Telegraph -- History
Electronic information resources.
Transatlantic cables -- History.
Added Author Maverick, Augustus.
University of Michigan. Library.
In: Making of America. URL: http://moa.umdl.umich.edu/

 
    
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