Good morning, it’s Monday, May 24, 2021. On this date in 1844, Samuel Morse sent the first public message via telegraph. It went over the newly installed wire on Capitol Hill to his collaborator, Alfred Vail, who was awaiting the signal at a Baltimore railroad station. The words Morse typed out in the code that bears his name came from the Bible:
“What hath God wrought?”
It was a fitting message, as much in our time as it was then. I’ll have a brief additional observation about this technological milestone in a moment. First I’d point you to our front page, which aggregates, as it does each day, an array of columns and stories spanning the political spectrum. We also offer a complement of original material from RCP reporters and contributors, including the following:
Today:
Sunny, with a high near 85. Light and variable wind becoming west 5 to 10 mph in the afternoon.
Tonight:
Partly cloudy, with a low around 61. West wind 5 to 10 mph becoming southeast after midnight.
Highs are expected to remain in the 80s briefly before gradually dropping back to seasonable levels.
Courtesy of HistoryNet:
1607 Captain Christopher Newport and 105 followers found the colony of Jamestown at the mouth of the James River on the coast of Virginia.
1610 Sir Thomas Gates institutes “laws divine moral and marshal, ” a harsh civil code for Jamestown.
1624 After years of unprofitable operation, Virginia’s charter is revoked and it becomes a royal colony.
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