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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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FOOTNOTES:
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Such
a
curiosity
exists,
prepared
by
the
industry
of
a
gentleman
who
was
one
of
the
most
careful
collectors
of
the
events
of
his
time--by
which
he
gathered
up
the
materials
of
future
history--Mr.
John
R.
Bartlett,
formerly
Secretary
of
State
of
Rhode
Island.
This
gentleman
kept
files
of
all
the
papers
referring
to
the
Atlantic
Telegraph,
from
which
he
compiled
a
very
unique
volume.
It
is
in
the
form
of
a
scrap-book,
but
on
a
gigantic
scale,
being
of
a
size
equal
to
Webster's
large
Dictionary.
It
is
made
up
entirely
of
newspaper
cuttings,
classified
under
different
heads,
and
neatly
arranged
in
double
columns
on
nearly
four
hundred
folio
pages.
The
matter
thus
compressed
would
make
between
three
and
four
octavo
volumes
of
the
size
of
Prescott's
Histories,
if
printed
in
the
style
of
those
works.
Every
thing
is
included
that
could
be
gathered
from
European
as
well
as
American
papers,
touching
the
claims
of
the
inventors
and
projectors
of
the
electric
telegraph
in
general,
and
of
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
in
particular.
The
historical
sketches
are
set
off
by
illustrations
taken
from
the
pictorial
papers.
Altogether
it
embraces
more
of
the
materials
of
a
history
of
this
subject
than
any
other
volume
with
which
we
are
acquainted,
and
well
deserves
the
title
prefixed
to
it
by
the
laborious
compiler:
"THE
ATLANTIC
TELEGRAPH.--Its
Origin
and
History,
with
an
Account
of
the
Voyages
of
the
Steamers
Niagara
and
Agamemnon,
in
Laying
the
Cable,
and
of
the
Celebration
of
the
Great
Event
in
New
York,
Philadelphia,
Brooklyn,
Montreal,
Dublin,
Paris,
etc.;
together
with
the
Discussions,
Sermons,
Poetry,
and
Anecdotes
relating
thereto;
also,
a
History
of
the
Invention
of
the
Electric
Telegraph.
Illustrated
with
Maps,
Plans,
Views,
and
Portraits,
collected
from
the
Newspapers
of
the
Day,
and
arranged
by
John
Russell
Bartlett.
1858."
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