Woodbury, Levi Telegraphs for the United States. Letter from The Secretary of the Treasury, Transmitting a Report upon the subject of a System of Telegraphs for the United States. December 11, 1837. Ho. Of Reps. Treas. Dept. Doc. No. 15. Washington, Thomas Allen, print, 1837. octavo, 37 page extract, removed, text clean and bright, very good. Contains information relative to the establishment of a system of telegraphs in the United States, contains letters from Samuel F. B. Morse and others regarding the state of the electro-magnetic telegraph, semaphoric telegraphs and other experimental systems of telegraphy. An early report on the subject. Price: USD 500.00 other currencies   order no. 287    inquire

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