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, 67
Circular to certain Collectors of the Customs, Commanders of
Revenue Cutters, and other persons, March 10th, 1837, 68
Letter from S. F. B. Morse to the Secretary of the Treasury,
September 27, 1837, 69
Letter from S. F. B. Morse to the Secretary of the Treasury,
November 28th, 1837, 73
Letter from S. F. B. Morse to the Editors of the
Journal of Commerce, Sept’r 4, 1837, 74
Specimen of Telegraphic Writing made by Means of Electricity,
at the distance of one-third of a mile, 75
Report of the Committee on Commerce to the House of
Representatives, April 6, 1838, 76
Report of the Franklin Institute, Philadelphia,
February 8, 1838, 79
Letter from S. F. B. Morse to the Hon. F. O. J. Smith,
February 15, 1838, 80
Letter from S. F. B. Morse to the Hon. F. O. J. Smith,
February 22, 1838, 82
Report of the Committee on Commerce to the House of
Representatives, Dec’r 30, 1842, 83
A Bill to test the Practicability of Establishing a System
of Electro Magnetic Telegraphs by the United States, 87
Letter from Professor Henry to Professor Morse,
February 24, 1842, 87
Report of the American Institute on the Electro Magnetic
Telegraph, Sept’r 12, 1842, 88
Letter from S. F. B. Morse to the Hon. C. G. Ferris,
December 6, 1842, 89
Communication from the Secretary of the Treasury,
transmitting the Report of Professor Morse, announcing
the Completion of the Electro Magnetic Telegraph, between
the Cities of Washington and Baltimore, June 4, 1844, 97
Letter from S. F. B. Morse to Hon. McClintock Young,
June 3, 1844, 98
Letter from the Secretary of the Treasury, transmitting
a Letter from S. F. B. Morse, relative to the Magnetic
Telegraph, December 23, 1844, 101
Letter from S. F. B. Morse to the Hon. G. M. Bibb,
December 12, 1844, 101
Report of the Committee of Ways and Means to the House of
Representatives, March 3, 1845, 107
HISTORY OF TELEGRAPHS EMPLOYING ELECTRICITY IN VARIOUS WAYS FOR THE
TRANSMISSION OF INTELLIGENCE.
Discoveries in Electricity, 115
Electrical Feast on the Schuylkill, 119
Dr. Franklin’s Experiment in Drawing Electricity
from the Clouds, 120
Lomond’s Electrical Telegraph, (1787,) 121
Reizen’s Electric Spark Telegraph, (1794,) 121
Dr. Salva’s Electric Spark Telegraph, (1798,) 123
Discovery of Galvanism, (1790,) 123
Discovery of the Decomposition of Water by the Agency of
the Galvanic Pile, 125
Samuel Thomas Soemmering’s Voltaic Electric Telegraph, (1809,) 126
Extract from the Journal of the Franklin Institute in relation
to the Use of Galvanism for Telegraphic Purposes, (1816,) 128
Ronald’s Electric Telegraph, (1816,) 130
Discovery of Electro Magnetism, (1819,) 132
Extract from a Work on Electro Magnetism, published by
Jacob Green, M. D. (1827,) 134
Triboaillet’s Proposition, (1828,) 135
Fechner’s Suggestion, (1829,) 135
Discovery of Magneto Electricity, (1831,) 135
Saxton’s Magneto Electric Machine, 142
Dr. Page’s Magneto Electric Machine, 145
Pole Changer, 149
Morse’s American Electro Magnetic Telegraph, (1832,) 152
Schilling’s Electric Telegraph, (1833,) 155
Gauss and Weber’s Electro Magnetic Telegraph, (1833,) 156
Experiments of Messrs. Taquin & Ettieyhausen, (1836,) 159
Vail’s Electro Magnetic Printing Telegraph, (1837,) 159
Wheatstone’s Electric Needle Telegraph, (1837,) 171
Steinheil’s Electric Telegraph, (1837,) 179
Masson’s Electric Telegraph, (1837,) 182
Davy’s Needle and Lamp Telegraph, (1837,) 182
Alexander’s Electric Telegraph, (1837,) 184
M. Amyot’s Suggestion of an Electric Telegraph, (1838,) 186
Edward Davy’s Electric Telegraph, (1838,) 187
Bain’s Printing Telegraph, (1840,) 199
Wheatstone’s Rotating Disc Telegraph, (1841,) 203