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1. 1784.a.13, 2(73)

Reference (shelfmark):
1784.a.13, 2(73)
Title:
Battery wagon. Front of Petersburg, September, 1864. Photographer: Knox, David
Scope & Content:
Genre: War Photography Close view of a telegraph wagon, with a figure seated inside operating the machinery and a heavily bearded figure posed outside the wagon: 'No feature of the Army of the Potomac contributed more to its success than the field telegraph. Guided by its young chief, Mr. A. H....
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Sep 1864
Extent:
1 item

2. 8765.dd.9(1)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(1)
Title:
Abraham's Hill [Duxbury]. Scene of the celebration. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Frontispiece. View looking towards the hill, where a large group is gathered to celebrate the landing of the Transatlantic cable at Duxbury, Massachussetts.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
27 Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

3. 8765.dd.9(2)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(2)
Title:
Section of Duxbury Beach, on which the cable is landed. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Facing p. 8. General view looking along the beach and across the bay where the Transatlantic cable was brought to shore.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

4. 8765.dd.9(3)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(3)
Title:
The landing [of the French Atlantic Cable at Duxbury, Mass.]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Facing p. 11. View looking down onto the beach, with two ships, presumably the 'Chiltern' and the 'Scanderia,' lying offshore.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

5. 8765.dd.9(4)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(4)
Title:
Cable house on Rouse's Hummock [Duxbury, Mass.]. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Facing p. 12. View looking towards the hill, with the cable house at its base, partly hidden by trees.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

6. 8765.dd.9(5)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(5)
Title:
'Old Cove' [Duxbury, Mass.]. The point where the cable was brought to the mainland. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Facing p. 37. View looking along the cove.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

7. 8765.dd.9(6)

Reference (shelfmark):
8765.dd.9(6)
Title:
Old Bank building. Terminus of telegraph at Duxbury. Photographer: Unknown
Scope & Content:
Genre: Historical Events Facing p. 54. General view of the bank building.
Collection Area:
Printed Collections
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
Jul 1869
Extent:
1 item

8. IOR/H/551

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/551
Title:
Papers Relating to Construction of Telegraphic Communications Between India and England, Notably the Line through Sindh [Sind] and Along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] Coasts
Scope & Content:
The volume relates to construction, by the British Government, of electric telegraph communication between India and England, specifically the line through Sind [Sindh], along the Beloochistan [Balochistan] and Mekran [Makran] coasts and dominions of the Sultan of Muscat, December 1860-October 1...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
Sep 1859-Sep 1875
Extent:
1 volume (418 folios)

9. IOR/H/552

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/H/552
Title:
Papers Relating to John Jacob's Career in Sinde, to the Anglo-Persian War (1856-57), and Events in Kelat
Scope & Content:
Papers mainly relating to Jacob’s career in Sinde [Sindh, also spelt Scinde and Sind in this volume], notably as Political Superintendent and Commandant on the Frontier of Upper Sinde before the Anglo-Persian War; terms of the Anglo-Persian peace treaty and post-war events 1857; political instab...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1840-1872
Extent:
1 volume (403 folios)

10. IOR/L/PS/10/104

Reference (shelfmark):
IOR/L/PS/10/104
Title:
File 3414/1906 Pt 1 'Persia: telegraphs; Seistan telegraph lines; Meshed-Seistan; Meshed-Tehran; Robat-Seistan; Nasratabad-Koh i Malik Siah; proposed exchange of telegraphs with Russia'
Scope & Content:
Correspondence discusses the construction of telegraph lines in Persia. Issues discussed include the implications for Britain's relations with the Persian government and how influence could be achieved. Also discussed is the British strategy for negotiating with the Russians who held a sphere of...
Collection Area:
India Office Records and Private Papers
Languages:
English
Date Range:
1905-1916
Extent:
1 volume (422 folios)