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Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 to John C. Spencer

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02113 Author/Creator: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 15 March 1844 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm Order a Copy

Answers Spencer's questions about matters involving telegraphic conductors. Gives information on who will supply the pipe, pricing and payment, and delivery of it. States that he first found out about the deficiencies of the pipe on 6 December 1843. With an addition in a different ink at the end of the last paragraph.

Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872
Spencer, John C. (John Canfield), 1788-1855

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