"Attention the Universe..." telegraph message
date: label: Date made
content: January 24, 1838
label: date made
content: 1838-01-24
name: label: maker
content: Morse, Samuel Finley Breese
notes: label: Description
content: This telegraph message, "Attention the Universe by kingdoms right wheel", was sent by Samuel F. B. Morse during a private demonstration of his telegraph system on January 24, 1838. This message predates the more famous "What hath God wrought" by about six years. The command refers to a military maneuver, appropriate since the demonstration was for artist and soldier General Thomas S. Cummings.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
setName: label: See more items in
content: Work and Industry: Electricity
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: from George F. Cummings
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: EM.238520
label: catalog number
content: 238520
label: accession number
content: 45891
objectType: label: Object Name
content: Telegraph Message
physicalDescription: label: Measurements
content: overall: 1 3/4 in x 42 in; 4.445 cm x 106.68 cm