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Charles H. Dillon Manuscript

 Collection — Box: 1135, Folder: 004
Identifier: 2006.110

Abstract

Typed manuscript (1p) on “The Early Telegraph in Cape Girardeau, Missouri,” by Dillon, chronicling the history of the first telegraph lines running between Cape Girardeau and St. Louis in 1850, the impact of the American Civil War, and line construction by the Western Union Telegraph Company in the 1870's.

Dates

  • Creation: circa 1973

Rights Statement

Materials in this collection may be protected by copyright law (Title 17, U.S. Code).

Extent

1 folders

Language of Materials

English

Status
Completed
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script

Repository Details

Part of the Special Collections and Archives Repository

Contact:
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Cape Girardeau Missouri 63701 United States
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