Charles Benedict Calvert telegraph, Samuel Morse and Alfred Vail. On April 9, 1844, Morse and Vail successfully tested their device by transmitting a message from the nation's capital to the Calvert home, Riversdale. This test came 45 days before the more celebrated event when Morse sent the message "What hath God wrought?" from Washington to Baltimore, along telegraph lines that ran above the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad line near Riversdale. Calvert became president of the Prince George's County, Maryland Agricultural Society and the Maryland State Agricultural Society, and served as vice president of the United States Pomological Society. He founded the first agricultural
Wilson (book) The book begins with a quote from William Wordsworth's Character of the Happy Warrior for a reason, says Berg: Wilson was a Wordsworth admirer. "But the deeper reason is ... that was just a pure description of Woodrow Wilson. "'Draws his breath in confidence of Heaven's applause".' That's what Wilson lived for. Heaven's applause." The biography is divided into four parts, and then into chapters. Each chapter title is intended to draw a Biblical reference, such as "Ascension," "Baptism," "Resurrection," using the King James Bible. Each chapter begins with a Bible quote, pointing to Wilson's devout faith. Chapter One -