 | 1837 - 594 pages
...resolution, the Secretary, the Hon. Levi Woodbury, has issued a circular, with the view of obtaining information in regard to " the propriety of establishing a system of telegraphs for the United States," and invites the collectors, commanders of revenue-cutters, and others, to furnish the department of... | |
 | 1837 - 868 pages
...Secretary, the Hon. Levi Woodbury, has issued a circular, with ihe view of obtaining infor-' mation in regard to " the propriety of establishing a system of telegraphs for the United States," and invites the collectors, commanders of revenue cutlers, and others, to furnish the Department of... | |
 | Robert Mayo - 1847 - 486 pages
...resolution of the House of Representatives requesting the Secretary of the Treasury to report upon the propriety of establishing a system of Telegraphs for the United States, the Secretary asks the views of Collectors, and Commanders of Revenue Cutters, and others, on the subject,... | |
 | Robert Mayo - 1847 - 538 pages
...resolution of the House of Representatives requesting the Secre! tary of the Treasury to report upon the propriety of establishing a system of Telegraphs for the United States, the Secretary asks the views of Collectors, and Commanders of Revenue Cutters, and others, on the subject,... | |
 | United States. Census Office. 7th census, 1850 - 1853 - 174 pages
...experiments, announced his invention to the public in April, 1837. On the 10th of March, 1837, Hon. Levi Woodbury, then Secretary of the Treasury, issued..."presumed five words could be transmitted in a minute." Professor Morse having petitioned Congress for aid to enable him to test the practical operation of... | |
 | Laurence Turnbull - 1853 - 272 pages
...this was given in the New York Journal of Commerce of that date. On the 10th of March, 1837, the Hon. Levi Woodbury, then Secretary of the Treasury, issued...establishing a system of Telegraphs for the United States. Prof. Morse sent three replies to this circular, containing an account of his invention, its proposed... | |
 | Ferencz Aurelius Pulszky - 1853 - 362 pages
...telegraph, and announced-his invention to the public in April, 1837. On the 10th of March, 1837, Hon. Levi Woodbury, then Secretary of the Treasury, issued...the propriety of establishing a system of telegraphs in the United States; in which Professor Morse replied, giving an account of his invention, its proposed... | |
 | Ferencz Aurelius Pulszky, Theresa Pulszky - 1853 - 356 pages
...telegraph, and announced his invention to the public in April, 1837. On the 10th of March, 1837, Hon. Levi Woodbury, then Secretary of the Treasury, issued a circular, requesting information in regard to thepropriety of establishing a system of telegraphs in the United States; in which Professor Morse... | |
 | 1854 - 750 pages
...Revenue Cutters, and other persons. TREASURY DEPARTMENT, March 10, 1837. With the view of obtaining information in regard to " the propriety of establishing a system of telegraphs for the United States," in compliance with the request contained in the annexed resolution of the House of Representatives,... | |
 | Richard Green Parker - 1859 - 480 pages
...and House, they being the only kinds used in this country. " Oa the 10th of March, 1837, Hon. Lovi Woodbury, then Secretary of the Treasury, issued a...advantages and probable expense. At that time * he presumed live words could bo transmitted in a minute.* " During the summer of 1832, Professor SFB Morse, an... | |
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Levi Woodbury, then Secretary of the Treasury, issued a circular requesting information in regard to the propriety of establishing a system of telegraphs for the United States, to which Professor Morse replied, giving an account of his invention, its... 
