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Title |
Alfred Vail Journal |
Scope & Content |
Alfred Vail Journal, Alfred Vail, S.F.B. Morse and telegraph information and genealogical notes on Vail family comprised during his time in Morristown 4" x 6 1/2" x 3/4" |
Object Name |
Book, account |
Catalog Number |
HS1979.089 |
Collection |
Historic Speedwell Collection |
Physical characteristics |
1 bound journal with handwritten entires on lined paper. Inscribed on Endpapers. 4" x 6 1/2" x 3/4" |
Creator |
Vail, Alfred |
Biographical History |
Alfred Vail spent the decade between 1838 and 1848 researching, improving, and writing about the electromagnetic telegraph, including his 1845 book The Electromagnetic Telegraph with the Reports to Congress and a Description of all Telegraphs Known in 1845. Vail retired from the telegraph operations in 1848 and moved back to Morristown. In the decades following Vail's death in 1851 controversy erupted regarding proper credit for the machinery of the telegraph and Morse Code itself. |
Year Range from |
1843 |
Year Range to |
1858 |
System of arrangement |
Telegraph Papers are organized in 2 series. Series 1: History of the Telegraph (HS2012.10.1) Telegrams, telegraph manuals and books related to the use of the telegraph and its history. Series 2: Vail Family Telegraph Research (HS2012.10.2) Correspondence, journals and articles collected or created by James Cummings Vail. |
Subjects |
Telegraph Families Family trees |
Parent ObjectID |
HS2012.010.0002 |
Copyrights |
Records may be copied for use in individual scholarly or personal research; however, as with all materials in the Morris County Park Commission, researchers are responsible for obtaining copyright permission to use material from the collection. |
Level of description |
Item |