Communication of Hon. William H. Seward, secretary of state, upon the subject of an intercontinental telegraph connecting the eastern and western hemispheres by way of Behring's Strait, in reply to Hon. Z. Chandler, chairman of the Committee on Commerce of the U.S. Senate, to which was referrred the memorial of Perry McDonough Collins
Contributors: Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872; Collins, Perry McDonough, 1813-1900; Joseph Meredith Toner Collection (Library of Congress)
Publisher: G.P.O.
Published: 1864
Place of publication: Washington
Language: eng
Number of pages: 25
Subjects: Transpacific cables; Telegraph
Notes: "Memorial of Perry McD. Collins, representing that he has obtained from the government of Russia a grant of the privilege to construct a telegraph from the mouth of the Amoor river to the Russian possessions in America, and a similar grant from the British government in British Columbia, and praying the co-operation of the government of the United States to enable him to complete his enterprise"--p. [7]-10.