Alfred Vail

1807 – 1859

• The American electro magnetic telegraph
• Description of the American electro magnetic telegraph
• Early history of the electro-magnetic telegraph from letters and journals of Alfred Vail
• Eyewitness to early American telegraphy
• Vail records
• Genealogical map showing the line of descent through seven generations [of the Vail family]
• In the Superior Court of the city of New-York, Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail, vs. Francis O.J. Smith
• Samuel F.B. Morse and Alfred Vail against Francis O.J. Smith