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Samuel Morse, the Telegraph, and Government
Four years later, in July of 1844, news reached Paris and the rest of Europe that Professor Morse had opened a telegraph line, built with Congressional appropriation, between Washington and Baltimore, and that the telegraph was in full operation between the two cities, a distance of 34 miles.From the beginning of telecommunications, the government played an essential role.
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