Transatlantic cable - Annisquam, Gloucester, Massachusetts

Two newspaper clippings dated May 1884 regarding arrival of steamer laying transatlantic cable. Includes regular article and '5-O'Clock Extra' written later the same day.

Courtesy of Annisquam Historical Society

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