I have favored the project for connecting the United States with Europe by an Atlantic telegraph, and a similar project to extend the telegraph from San Francisco to connect by a Pacific telegraph with the line which is being extended across the Russian Empire.
Lincoln supports the idea of connecting the U.S. with Europe through telegraph projects.
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