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Hiram Orlando Alden, a Belfast lawyer who served as president of the Maine Telegraph Company, sent this telegram to Francis O.J. Smith.
Smith first linked Maine to the telegraph when he completed a line from Boston to Portland in 1848.
He 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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About This Item
- Title: Hiram Alden telegram to F.O.J. Smith, 1853
- Creation Date: 1853
- Subject Date: 1853
- Location: Belfast, Waldo County, ME
- Media: Ink on paper
- Local Code: Coll. 38, Box 21/3
- Collection: Francis O.J. Smith papers
- Object Type: Text
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Standardized Subject Headings
- Alden, Hiram Orlando, 1800-1862
- Maine Telegraph Company (Bangor, Me.)
- Railroad travel--Maine
- Smith, Francis O. J. (Francis Ormond Jonathan), 1806-1876
- Telegrams
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