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Object Description
Object Number
2002.439.1.B
Title
Telegraph Receiver
Date
Second half 19th C.
Description
Brass telegraph receiver mounted on a wood block and is made up of a series of six gears.
History
Telegraph Receiver allegedly used to send news of the surrender at Appomattox, Virginia on April 9, 1865 of General Robert. E. Lee to General Ulysses S. Grant.
Dimensions
Height
, 7 in
Length
, 11 in
Width
, 4.875 in
Subject Terms
Telegraph -- Equipment and supplies
Telecommunication
United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Credit Line
Gift of Mrs. William D. Redick in memory of William Dobbs Redick
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