'The Atlantic Telegraph'
Volume titled 'The Atlantic Telegraph' containing a copy of the script of the comedy 'Steamship Great Eastern July 1866 Being a cableistic and Eastern extravaganza' (see RMG ID: CLF6/8) and a copy of the Script of 'Contentina', a comic operetta based on the GREAT EASTERN cable-laying expedition (see RMG ID: CLF/6/7). Also includes a copy of the transcripts of news received through the 1865 Atlantic cable from its recovery (see RMG ID: CLF/6/6) as well as additional telegrams received through the cable laid in 1866.
Record Details
| Item reference: | CLF/6/10 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 1 volume |
| Date made: | c.1908 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- ‘The Atlantic Telegraph a Descriptive History’ (Manuscript) (CLF/6/1)
- Atlantic Telegraph newsletter (Manuscript) (CLF/6/2)
- Report by Samuel Canning on the unsuccessful cable-laying expedition by the GREAT EASTERN (Manuscript) (CLF/6/3)
- 'The Atlantic Telegraph' by W.H. Russell. (Manuscript) (CLF/6/4)
- 'The Atlantic Telegraph' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/5)
- Transcript of news received through the 1865 Atlantic cable between 2-8 September 1866 (Manuscript) (CLF/6/6)
- Booklet titled 'Great Atlantic Haul' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/7)
- Script of a comedy ‘Steamship Great Eastern July 1866...' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/8)
- Script for 'The Great Eastern' ' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/9)
- 'The Atlantic Telegraph' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/10)
- ‘'The Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company Limited' (Manuscript) (CLF/6/11)
- Book of sketches and diagrams (Manuscript) (CLF/6/12)
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