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Old 10-19-2014, 08:19 PM   #9
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Originally Posted by NN5I View Post
"A patient waiter is no loser" probably wasn't the first thing they ever sent in Morse, but it was what they sent in the first public test of a telegraph over three miles of wire at the Speedwell Ironworks in Morristown, NJ. Later, in a more famous demonstration, they sent the text "What hath God wrought" in a public test between Washington DC and Baltimore MD on 24 May 1844. Earlier (01 May 1844) they had sent election news (nomination of Henry Clay) over the same circuit.
Carl, you nailed it "What hath God wrought" is what I was looking for, sent May 24, 1844 between Baltimore and DC.
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