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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. Add MS 70650 A(44)

Reference (shelfmark):
Add MS 70650 A(44)
Title:
The kind of telegraph pole grandpa Cooper was responsible for erecting from Persian Gulf to Russian border for the Indo-European Telegraph Co. [modern caption.] Photographer: Sevruguin, Antoine
Scope & Content:
Genre: Landscape Photography Showing a telegraph pole standing at the side of an unsurfaced road, at an unidentified location in Iran.
Collection Area:
Western Manuscripts
Languages:
Not applicable
Date Range:
c 1890s
Extent:
1 item

9. 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)

10. 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)

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