THE FIRST TRANSATLANTIC CABLEGRAM

"MAY THE ATLANTIC TELEGRAPH, UNDER THE BLESSING OF HEAVEN, PROVE TO BE A BOND OF PERPETUAL PEACE AND FRIENDSHIP BETWEEN THE NATIONS, AND AN INSTRUMENT DESTINED BY DIVINE PROVIDENCE TO DIFFUSE RELIGION, CIVILIZATION, LIBERTY AND LAW THROUGHOUT THE WORLD."

PRESIDENT EUCHANAN TO QUEEN VICTORIA,

AUGUST 5, 1856

Reproduction from photograph of an original message sent over the first Atlantic Cable,
August 17, 18&8. The actual time occupied in sending the above message was
25 minutes. A similar message can be transmitted over any one of the
Commercial Cable Company's Atlantic Cables in less than one minute.