Letter

John Wheelwright to John J. Clark, July 26, 1872

transandine telegraph.

My Dear Sir: While I hear the booming of guns, the ringing of bells, and the rejoicing of multitudes on this eventful day, allow me to offer you my warmest congratulations that your great enterprise has been crowned with success; that the populations of the east and west are thus brought together; that the formidable barrier of the Andes has thus been overcome, and this republic will owe you an eternal debt of gratitude for this immense boon you have just conferred upon them.

Accept my best wishes.

W. WHEELWRIGHT.

J. Clark, Esq.

Sources
FRUS u2014 Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr View original source ↗
U.S. Department of State, Office of the Historian. Papers Relating to the Foreign Relations of the United States, Transmitted to Congress with the Annual Message of the Pr.