| Title | [Speech] |
| Publication | N/A |
| Date | [date not identified, probably mid 19th century] |
| Reprinted in | The Telegraph in America. Its Founders, Promoters and Noted Men |
| Reprint page | 211 |
| Author | Hiram Sibley |
| Source | Internet Archive |
| Clipping id | TOA-TEL-1850-002 |
| Permalink | https://technooptimism.org/archive/telegraph/toa-tel-1850-002/ |
| Technology | Telegraph |
| Promise type | Peace |
| Summary | Hiram Sibley, the first president of the Western Union Telegraph Company, described the telegraph as a “missionary of peace and good will to the world.” The statement is not preserved in a contemporary 1850s publication but is later recorded in James D. Reid’s 1879 book The Telegraph in America |