Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 to Edward P. Fry
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04503.04 Author/Creator: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese, 1791-1872 Place Written: Baltimore, Maryland Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 22 August 1844 Pagination: 1 p. : docket Height: 29 cm, Width: 17 cm Order a Copy
Regrets that he cannot yet give Fry an answer to his request because he cannot get in touch with all the other proprietors. Sends a paper Fry requested (not present), and states he has made an improvement in the telegraph machinery which will allow him to write at least 25 characters a minute. Informs that he has just completed experiments on running telegraph lines across rivers. Addressed to Fry in Philadelphia.
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