[A Peerage for Alderman Wire]
Anon
Genre: | News-Commentary, Drollery |
Subjects: | Telegraphy, Heroism |
Institutions mentioned: | Atlantic Telegraph Company |
Puns that a peerage should be given to 'Alderman Wire' (a reference to London alderman David W Wire) as the 'fittest memorial' to the laying of the Atlantic telegraph. | |
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