Sunday, March 25, 2007

Theodore Judah's work in the Congress

From: "Reuben Rodriguez" reubenr@gwu.edu

I'm working on an undergraduate thesis paper about Theodore Judah's work in the Congress. I've already taken a look at his 1860 and 1862 Reports on his activity in the Atlantic States, but I was wondering if there were any other documents that pop out as good sources of information about Judah's activity in Washington D.C.?

"Compound Wire," 1865-1866

From: "Chris Graves" caliron@att.net

Take a look at this site, it explains in great detail why we continue to find iron wire along the CPRR grade:

A technical history of the 19th-century electromagnetic telegraph ...

—gjg