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samuel morse and his assitant alfred Vail thought of the idea for an electric telegraph. -
The commercail application of elevtrict was made possible when they made a working model( that wasnt good) the model was propable never used outside or morses room. it was used for denomstrations. -
the telegraph was further refined morse code by using an 1836 invention called intensity batteries. -
morse perfected his ability to send and receieve codes, and also created a corperation -
morse got funds from congress to demonstrate the telegraph between washington and baitmore he had not prepare to set up lines so insteaad of putting them underground the lines were put on poles -
samuel morse sent the first message on the telegraph from washington D.C. to baltimore maryland vail was one of the first to recieve the message and it said what hath god wrought -
morse hired andrew jacksons postmasters general Amos Kendall to help him sell telegraphs. -
the first commerical telegraph line was completed between washington D.C. and new york city -
there were over 50 different telegraph companies in the united states -
there were three main rival companies one of them being the new york and Mississippi Valley printing telegraph company later to beat the other two companies -
the new york and mississippi valley printing telegraph company was renamed the western union -
the pacific telegraph act was passed and it allowed the secretary of treasury to construct a transcontitental line. -
the last telegraph by samuel morse from the Acadamy of music. the message was his singnature,SFB morse -
samuel morse had died