Communication of Hon. William H. Seward, secretary of state, upon the subject of an intercontinental telegraph connecting the eastern and western hemispheres by way of Behring's Strait : in reply to Hon. Z. Chandler, chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the U.S. Senate : to which was referred the memorial of Perry McDonough Collins.

Author/creator United States
Format Electronic
Publication InfoWashington [D.C.] : G.P.O., 1864.
Description25 p., [1] leaf of plates (fold.) : fold. map ; 21 cm.
Supplemental ContentGale, Sabin Americana: History of the Americas, 1500-1926
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Variant title Communication of Honorable William H. Seward
SeriesSabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926
Sabin Americana : History of the Americas, 1500-1926.
Local noteCivil War; Finance.
Local note2009A552000.
General note"Memorial of Perry McD. Collins, representing that he has obtained from the government of Russia a grant of the privilege to construct a telegraph from the mouth of the Amoor river to the Russian possessions in America, and a similar grant from the British government in British Columbia, and praying the co-operation of the government of the United States to enable him to complete his enterprise"--p. [7]-10.
General noteReproduction of the original from the American Antiquarian Society.
General noteSabin no. 79509.
Reproduction noteElectronic reproduction. Farmington Hills, Mich. : Gale, 2009. Available via the World Wide Web. Access limited by licensing agreements.

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