Hiram Alden telegram to F.O.J. Smith, 1853
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Maine Historical Society
The newly established Maine Telegraph Company, led by superintendent James Eddy and president Hiram O. Alden, completed a 275-mile line between Portland and Calais in 1849.
Hiram Orlando Alden, a Belfast lawyer who served as president of the Maine Telegraph Company, sent this telegram to Francis O. J. Smith, who first linked Maine to the telegraph when he completed a line from Boston to Portland in 1848.
Smith licensed the rights to the Morse patents to James Eddy, who oversaw the construction and operation of the Maine Telegraph system as superintendent.
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