The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph

by Henry M. Field

Cyrus W. Field.

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THE STORY
OF THE
ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH

BY

HENRY M. FIELD

"Since the discovery of Columbus, nothing has been done in any degree comparable to the vast enlargement which has thus been given to the sphere of human activity."

—The Times, August 6th, 1858.

NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS
1898