BIB_ID
106202
Accession number
MA 139.35
Creator
Everett, Edward, 1794-1865.
Display Date
1858 Aug. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18.5 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters to Cyrus Field and documents related to the first transatlantic telegraph cable. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 139 for more information.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Explaining that Field's "obliging invitation" did not reach him in time; saying it would have given him "great pleasure" to attend the event at Field's house; congratulating Field on his achievement [the first transatlantic telegraph cable].
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