Recent correspondence between Mr. Wildman Whitehouse and the Atlantic Telegraph Company: with an appendix containing every telegram and letter for reference

• Main Author: Whitehouse, Edward Orange Wildman
• Other Authors: Atlantic Telegraph Company (Limited)
• Format: Book
• Language: English
• Published: Printed by Bradbury & Evans 1858
• Subjects: Transatlantic cables; Whitehouse; Edward Orange Wildman > Correspondence; Newfoundland studies
• Online Access: http://collections.mun.ca/cdm/ref/collection/cns/id/37599

Whitehouse was electrician projector with the Atlantic Telegraph Company, who firmly believed in spite of theoretical objections that the signal problems of the cable could be overcome. Despite the use of his patented equipment, problems persisted once the cable was in place in 1858. Whitehouse's further experiments damaged it beyond repair, and he was dismissed. Whitehouse was a skilled writer and this collection of correspondence is a good example of his tenacity in defense, although he was later held culpable by the 1861 enquiry. (Bruce J. Hunt, "Whitehouse, (Edward Orange) Wildman (1816–1890)", Oxford Dictionary of National Biography, 2004)