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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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As
we
chanced
to
be
among
the
guests,
we
have
the
best
reason
to
remember
it.
Seldom
has
a
more
pleasant
party
been
gathered
for
any
expedition.
Representing
the
Company
were
Mr.
Field,
Mr.
Peter
Cooper,
Mr.
Robert
W.
Lowber,
and
Professor
Morse;
while
among
the
invited
guests
were
gentlemen
of
all
professions--clergymen,
doctors
and
lawyers,
artists
and
editors.
In
the
groups
on
the
deck
were
the
venerable
Dr.
Gardiner
Spring
and
Rev.
J.
M.
Sherwood;
Dr.
Lewis
A.
Sayre,
Bayard
Taylor,
the
well-known
traveller,
Mr.
Fitz-James
O'Brien,
and
Mr.
John
Mullaly--the
three
latter
gentlemen
representing
leading
papers
of
New
York.[B]
Besides
these,
the
party
included
a
large
number
of
ladies,
who
gave
life
and
animation
to
the
company.
Well
does
the
writer
recall
the
morning
of
departure--the
seventh
day
of
August,
1855.
Never
did
a
voyage
begin
with
fairer
omens.
It
was
a
bright
summer
day.
The
sky
was
clear,
and
the
water
smooth.
We
were
on
the
deck
of
the
good
ship
James
Adger,
long
known
as
one
of
the
fine
steamers
belonging
to
the
Charleston
line.
She
was
a
swift
ship,
and
cut
the
water
like
an
arrow.
Thus
we
sped
down
the
bay,
and
turning
into
the
ocean,
skimmed
along
the
shores
of
Long
Island.
The
sea
was
tranquil
as
a
lake.
The
whole
party
were
on
deck,
scattered
in
groups
here
and
there,
watching
the
sails
and
the
shore.
A
rude
telegraph
instrument
furnished
entertainment
and
instruction,
especially
as
we
had
Professor
Morse
to
explain
his
marvellous
invention,
which
some
who
listened
then
for
the
first
time
understood.
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