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

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04235 Author/Creator: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Place Written: New York, New York Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 13 June 1843 Pagination: 1 p. : docket ; 25.5 x 20.2 cm. Order a Copy

Writes to the Secretary of the Treasury about saving $920 in making telegraph wires with colored varnish instead of colored thread. Asks permission to sell the unnecessary colored thread.

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

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