telegraphic message
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“What hath God wrought?” was the first telegraphic message sent by Samuel F. B. Morse, dispatched from D.C. to an assistant in Baltimore in 1844, according to the Library of Congress.
From Washington Times • Oct. 25, 2022
This is Tuesday; now, Friday ought to be the day, the news to reach me on Thursday afternoon; you can send a telegraphic message and then send on a clerk.
From Davenport Dunn, Volume 1 (of 2) A Man Of Our Day by Lever, Charles James
Even then she almost felt her courage fail as she tore it apart and took out a strip of paper that appeared to be a telegraphic message addressed to Jordan.
From Thrice Armed by Bindloss, Harold
It was that quick telegraphic message, the base innuendo which stung and lashed him more than a thousand words.
From The Frontiersman A Tale of the Yukon by Cody, H. A. (Hiram Alfred)
There he found a telegraphic message addressed to him and sent from Vera Cruz to New York, and thence forwarded by mail.
From Mrs. Cliff's Yacht by Stockton, Frank Richard
