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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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"Due
notice
will
be
given
when
the
line
will
be
ready
for
business,
and
the
tariff
of
prices."
Still
the
public
were
not
satisfied,
and
many
were
beginning
to
doubt,
when,
on
the
sixteenth,
it
was
suddenly
announced
that
the
Queen's
message
was
received.
It
was
as
follows:--
"To
the
President
of
the
United
States,
Washington:
"The
Queen
desires
to
congratulate
the
President
upon
the
successful
completion
of
this
great
international
work,
in
which
the
Queen
has
taken
the
deepest
interest.
"The
Queen
is
convinced
that
the
President
will
join
with
her
in
fervently
hoping
that
the
electric
cable
which
now
connects
Great
Britain
with
the
United
States
will
prove
an
additional
link
between
the
nations,
whose
friendship
is
founded
upon
their
common
interest
and
reciprocal
esteem.
"The
Queen
has
much
pleasure
in
thus
communicating
with
the
President,
and
renewing
to
him
her
wishes
for
the
prosperity
of
the
United
States."
To
this
the
President
replied:
"Washington
City,
August
16,
1858.
"To
Her
Majesty
Victoria,
the
Queen
of
Great
Britain:
"The
President
cordially
reciprocates
the
congratulations
of
her
Majesty
the
Queen,
on
the
success
of
the
great
international
enterprise
accomplished
by
the
science,
skill,
and
indomitable
energy
of
the
two
countries.
"It
is
a
triumph
more
glorious,
because
far
more
useful
to
mankind,
than
was
ever
won
by
conqueror
on
the
field
of
battle.
"May
the
Atlantic
Telegraph,
under
the
blessing
of
Heaven,
prove
to
be
a
bond
of
perpetual
peace
and
friendship
between
the
kindred
nations,
and
an
instrument
destined
by
Divine
Providence
to
diffuse
religion,
civilization,
liberty,
and
law
throughout
the
world.
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