Title
Volume II of correspondence with railway companies, arbitration, and creation of the Electric Telegraph Company
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 007/II
Date
1837-1849
Scope and Content
This volume contains correspondence showing the development of the telegraph through use by railway companies, with details of the personal investment which Cooke made to get a telegraph line completed, as he knew that this was the secret of success, and the rapid expansion of the telegraph system afterwards. The correspondence also shows the causes of the breakdown of his partnership with Wheatstone, the arbitration process and subsequent agreement to purchase Wheatstone's royalties in the shares, and the establishment of the Electric Telegraph Company.
Language
English.
Conditions governing access
Open access
Level of description
series
