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California admission talks... Morse's remarkable telegraph...



Item # 682927

September 28, 1850

NATIONAL INTELLIGENCER, Washington, D.C., Sept. 28, 1850  Page 3 has a letter from the governor of California to the delegate in Congress from the Oregon Territory concerning a charge of undue interference by California and certain opposition to the admission of California into the Union. It is sgned in type: Peter H. Burnett.
Also on page 3: "The Most Wonderful Feat of the Morse Telegraph" which reports on a telegraphic connection between Washington & Macon, Georgia, with plans for a connection with New Orleans as well.
Four pages, nice condition.

Category: Pre-Civil War