[The telegraphic messages of Queen Victoria and Pres. Buchanan] [graphic].
still image
[1858]
eng
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In Frank Leslie's Illus. News., 1858, p. 191.
Text of message and reply sent by trans-Atlantic telegraph cable on 16 Aug. 1858; illus. with vignette busts of the principals and scenes of the event; also inscribed are the names of 4 men who made the even possible: [Benj.] "Franklin", [S.F.B.] "Morse", [Cyrus] "Field", and [Hans Christian] "Oersted".
Ref. copy in Pres. File.
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