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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC03519.02 |
| From Archive Folder | Documents Relating to the 1860s |
| Title | Telegram book from the Treasury Department |
| Date | 1 June 1865 - 31 July 1865 |
| Document Type | Government document |
| Content Description | Contains a title page with the initials H. B. written in the bottom left corner. Includes some correspondence handwritten on tissue paper. This correspondence lists the date, name of the recipient(s), body of the message, and name of the sender(s). Other messages are handwritten on stationery of the American Telegraph Company, and are attached to thicker paper, bound within this volume. Company stationery contains the company address, terms and conditions of transmitting messages via telegraph, and the names of Cambridge Livingston as company Secretary, and Edward S. Sanford as company President. On the stationery, handwritten telegraphs follow the printed portion, complete with date, name of the recipient(s), body of the message, and name of the sender(s). Lists Washington D. C. as the location of the American Telegraph Company Offices, where the transmissions were received, while the stationery was possibly printed in New York City. Some messages are written on Office of the United States Military Telegraph stationery. The majority of messages contained within this volume are organized chronologically. Contains items related to approximately 52 transmissions. The cover indicates that this volume was bound by the United States Treasury Department. The tissue paper portions of this bound volume are extremely delicate. |
| Subjects | Letter of Introduction or Recommendation Telegraph Government and Civics Finance |
| People | Sanford, Edward S. (fl. 1863-1865) |
| Place written | New York, New York |
| Theme | Government & Politics; Science, Technology, Invention |
| Sub-collection | The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1860-1945 |
| Additional Information | Sanford was employed by United States Military Telegraph Service in 1863. |
| Copyright | The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History |
| Module | Civil War, Reconstruction and the Modern Era: 1860-1945 |