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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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"Balmoral,
Saturday,
Sept.
29,
1866.
"Dear
Sir
Stafford:
As
I
understand
you
are
to
have
the
honor
of
taking
the
chair
at
the
entertainment
which
is
to
be
given
on
Monday
next,
in
Liverpool,
to
celebrate
the
double
success
which
has
attended
the
great
undertaking
of
laying
the
cable
of
1866,
and
recovering
that
of
1865,
by
which
the
two
continents
of
Europe
and
America
are
happily
connected,
I
am
commanded
by
the
Queen
to
make
known
to
you,
and
through
you
to
those
over
whom
you
are
to
preside,
the
deep
interest
with
which
Her
Majesty
has
regarded
the
progress
of
this
noble
work;
and
to
tender
Her
Majesty's
cordial
congratulations
to
all
of
those
whose
energy
and
perseverance,
whose
skill
and
science
have
triumphed
over
all
difficulties,
and
accomplished
a
success
alike
honorable
to
themselves
and
to
their
country,
and
beneficial
to
the
world
at
large.
Her
Majesty,
desirous
of
testifying
her
sense
of
the
various
merits
which
have
been
displayed
in
this
great
enterprise,
has
commanded
me
to
submit
to
her,
for
special
marks
of
her
royal
favor,
the
names
of
those
who,
having
had
assigned
to
them
prominent
positions,
may
be
considered
as
representing
the
different
departments,
whose
united
labors
have
contributed
to
the
final
result;
and
Her
Majesty
has
accordingly
been
pleased
to
direct
that
the
honor
of
knighthood
should
be
conferred
upon
Captain
Anderson,
the
able
and
zealous
commander
of
the
Great
Eastern;
Professor
Thomson,
whose
distinguished
science
has
been
brought
to
bear
with
eminent
success
upon
the
improvement
of
submarine
telegraphy;
and
on
Messrs.
Glass
and
Canning,
the
manager
and
engineer
respectively
of
the
Telegraph
Maintenance
Company,
whose
skill
and
experience
have
mainly
contributed
to
the
admirable
construction
and
successful
laying
of
the
cable.
Her
Majesty
is
further
pleased
to
mark
her
approval
of
the
public
spirit
and
energy
of
the
two
companies
who
have
had
successively
the
conduct
of
the
undertaking,
by
offering
the
dignity
of
a
baronetcy
of
the
United
Kingdom
to
Mr.
Lampson,
the
Deputy
Chairman
of
the
original
company,
to
whose
resolute
support
of
the
project
in
spite
of
all
discouragements
it
was
in
a
great
measure
owing
that
it
was
not
at
one
time
abandoned
in
despair;
and
to
Mr.
Gooch,
M.P.,
the
Chairman
of
the
company
which
has
finally
completed
the
design.
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