January 25, 2024
1875 Dominion Telegraph Company Canada Henry J Morgan Political Ottawa Devlin
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1875 Dominion Telegraph Company Telegram Sent to Henry J. MorganThis is a telegram to Henry J. Morgan sent from Ottawa Canada in 1866 on a Dominion Telegraph Company letterhead with an envelop that has an embossed title on front and an embossed belt on the back. This telegram was sent to Henry J. Morgan. He was a Canadian historic figure and I found information on him on line.Condition: This telegram is in good condition with little wear. Back flap was carefully opened and has some wear and age for being over 140 years old.Information I found on line,MORGAN, HENRY JAMES , civil servant, author, and editor; b. 14 Nov. 1842 in Quebec, son of Robert Morgan, a constable, and Mary Ann Proctor; m. November 1873 Emily Richards (d. 1901), and they had a daughter and three sons; d. 27 Dec. 1913 in Brockville, Ont.Henry James Morgan's parents were Scottish. His father, a veteran of the Napoleonic Wars, immigrated to Quebec in 1838 and died in 1846; his mother would die in 1864. Morgan's career as public servant, which began on 19 Nov. 1853 when he entered the Legislative Assembly as a page, was supplemented in the late 1850s with work as a parliamentary correspondent for several newspapers. He held the temporary position of sessional clerk from 1860 to 1864; in 1862 he interrupted this work to attend Morrin College in Quebec. He served as
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