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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
89
The
very
next
day
after
his
return
from
Newfoundland,
Mr.
Field
was
called
to
Washington,
to
seek
the
aid
of
his
own
Government
to
the
Atlantic
Telegraph.
The
English
Government
had
proffered
the
most
generous
aid,
both
in
ships
to
lay
the
cable,
and
in
an
annual
subsidy
of
L14,000.
It
was
on
every
account
desirable
that
this
should
be
met
by
corresponding
liberality
on
the
part
of
the
American
Government.
Before
he
left
England,
he
had
sent
home
the
letter
received
from
the
Lords
Commissioners
of
the
Treasury;
and
thereupon
the
Directors
of
the
New
York,
Newfoundland,
and
London
Telegraph
Company
had
inclosed
a
copy
to
the
President,
with
a
letter
asking
for
the
same
aid
in
ships,
and
in
an
annual
sum
of
$70,000,
[equivalent
to
L14,000,]
to
be
paid
for
the
government
messages,
the
latter
to
be
conditioned
on
the
success
of
the
telegraph,
and
to
be
continued
only
so
long
as
it
was
in
full
operation.
They
urged
with
reason
that
the
English
Government
had
acted
with
great
liberality--not
only
toward
the
enterprise,
but
toward
our
own
Government.
Although
both
ends
of
the
line
were
in
the
British
possessions,
it
had
claimed
no
exclusive
privileges,
but
had
stipulated
for
perfect
equality
between
the
United
States
and
Great
Britain.
The
agreement
expressly
provided
"that
the
British
Government
shall
have
a
priority
in
the
conveyance
of
their
messages
over
all
others,
subject
to
the
exception
only
of
the
Government
of
the
United
States,
in
the
event
of
their
entering
into
an
arrangement
with
the
Telegraph
Company
similar
in
principle
to
that
of
the
British
Government,
in
which
case
the
messages
of
the
two
governments
shall
have
priority
in
the
order
in
which
they
arrive
at
the
stations."
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