A history of the United States for Catholic schools . ANDREW JOHNSON S ADMINISTRATION 473 593. The Submarine Telegraph. Cyrus W. Field (1866),after several unsuccessful attempts, finally laid the first Atlan-tic cable, which established telegraphic communication betweenthe Old and the New World. His first attempted Atlanticcable (1858) extended from Hearts Content, Newfoundland,to Valencia Bay, Ireland. It carried, however, only aboutthree hundred messages andceased to work after threeweeks of service. His secondattempt (1865) also failed,the cable parting in mid-ocean. With the help of theste
A history of the United States for Catholic schools . ANDREW JOHNSON S ADMINISTRATION 473 593. The Submarine Telegraph. Cyrus W. Field (1866),after several unsuccessful attempts, finally laid the first Atlan-tic cable, which established telegraphic communication betweenthe Old and the New World. His first attempted Atlanticcable (1858) extended from Hearts Content, Newfoundland,to Valencia Bay, Ireland. It carried, however, only aboutthree hundred messages andceased to work after threeweeks of service. His secondattempt (1865) also failed,the cable parting in mid-ocean. With the help of thesteamship Great Eastern heeventually (1866) laid asuccessful cable. 594. A New State —ThePurchase of Alaska. DuringJohnsons administration,Nebraska was admitted(1867), over the Presidentsveto, as the thirty-seventhstate, just in time to takepart in the presidential elec-tion of 1868. Through the diplomacy of Secretary Seward, the UnitedStates (1867) concluded a treaty with the Russian governmentby which it secured possession of the vast territory of
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