Talk:Edward Rosewater

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A fact from Edward Rosewater appeared on Wikipedia's Main Page in the Did you know column on 30 June 2007. The text of the entry was as follows:

Did you know... that Edward Rosewater (pictured) was the telegraph operator responsible for sending out Abraham Lincoln's "Emancipation Proclamation" in 1863?

A record of the entry may be seen at Wikipedia:Recent additions/2007/June.

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Birthplace

There are three possibilities for Edward Rosewater's birthplace in Bohemia:

Bukovany (Benešov District), a village in the Central Bohemian Region
Bukovany (Příbram District), a village in the Central Bohemian Region
Bukovany (Sokolov District), a village in the Karlovy Vary Region of far western Bohemia

The family may have correspondence with relatives left behind, that is in the Rosewater Family Papers at the American Jewish Archives. Is anyone near Cincinnati, Ohio, who can go and check? --Bejnar (talk) 07:26, 21 September 2012 (UTC)[reply]