Samuel Finley Breese Morse, First telegraph message, 24 May 1844

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Samuel Finley Breese Morse, First telegraph message, 24 May 1844



This sentence was written from Washington by me at the Baltimore Terminus at 8h 45 min. on Friday May 24 th 1844, being the first ever transmitted from Washington to Baltimore, by Telegraph and was indited by my much loved friend Annie G. Ellsworth. Sam’ F. B. Morse. Superintendent of Elec. Mag. Telegraphd.—

What hath GoD wrought.?

Writer

Samuel Finley Breese Morse
Samuel F. B. Morse
Annie G. Ellsworth
Date written
1844-05-24
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x cm x x cm,


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Morse Samuel Finley Breese 18xx-00x-00x-00x
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