Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you. — Alexander Graham Bell · Smartyfair

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Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you. — Alexander Graham Bell · Smartyfair

Mr. Watson, come here, I want to see you.

Alexander Graham Bell1847–1922 · inventor · 1800s-1900s Scotland & USAAlexander Graham Bell was a Scottish-American inventor best known for patenting the telephone in 1876, changing how people could talk to each other across long distances.4 quotes

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These were the first words ever spoken down a telephone, as he called his assistant.

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watson
come
here
want
see

Where these words come from

How sure this is: 94% sureThese words were traced back to where they first appeared. That source is listed below.
What turned up: Bell's own journal entry, 10 March 1876 — the first telephone call
Sources checked: en.wikiquote.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 20 August 2026Wikiquote sourced section citing Bell's journal
belllegacy.orgChecked using claude-sonnet-5, 21 August 2026

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The Alexander & Mabel Bell Legacy Foundation's own account of the March 10, 1876 first telephone call, independent of Wikiquote — quotes the exact same words. (loc.gov's page hosting Bell's actual lab notebook 403'd on fetch — would be the strongest possible citation if reached directly.)

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