Duba wurin da ke ƙasa sannan ka amsa tambayar daga baya a cikin harshe ɗaya kamar yadda wurin yake:  Ƙari: Morse ya yi tafiyarsa ta ƙarshe zuwa Washington, D.C., a watan Disamba na shekara ta 1842, yana ɗaura "waya a tsakanin ɗakuna biyu na kwamitin da ke Capitol, kuma yana aika saƙonni gaba da gaba" don ya nuna tsarin tarho. Majalisa ta ba da dala 30,000 a 1843 don gina layin telegraph na gwaji mai nisan mil 38 (kilomita 61) tsakanin Washington, DC, da Baltimore tare da haƙƙin hanyar Baltimore da Ohio Railroad. Wani zanga-zanga mai ban sha'awa ya faru a ranar 1 ga Mayu, 1844, lokacin da aka aika da labarai game da zaɓe da Jam'iyyar Whig ta yi wa Henry Clay a matsayin Shugaban Amurka daga taron jam'iyyar a Baltimore zuwa Ginin Capitol a Washington.  Tambaya: Yaya tsawon lokacin da Majalisar ta amince da layin telegraph na 1843 wanda ya gudana tsakanin Washington DC da Baltimore?
Tazarar mil 38