telegraphic message
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“What hath God wrought?” was the first telegraphic message sent by Samuel F. B. Morse, dispatched from D.C. to an assistant in Baltimore in 1844, according to the Library of Congress.
From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2022
This is Tuesday; now, Friday ought to be the day, the news to reach me on Thursday afternoon; you can send a telegraphic message and then send on a clerk.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
There was a great commercial panic which led to the settling of our banking laws; the first telegraphic message was sent; Mormonism was first heard of, and became important.
From Woman's Club Work and Programs First Aid to Club Women by Benton, Caroline French
While enjoying myself at a ball at the Norwegian Minister's, I received a telegraphic message, ordering me at once to the Austrian capital.
From Romantic Spain A Record of Personal Experiences (Vol. II) by O'Shea, John Augustus
"Wouldn't even open a telegraphic message which came to his hands this morning," said Lady Augusta, with a malicious drollery in her glance towards him.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 2 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
