BIB_ID
107204
Accession number
MA 139.25
Creator
Collins, Wilkie, 1824-1889.
Display Date
1874 Mar. 16.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 20.2 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 he sailed from Boston on March 7th; thanking him for his courtesy and congratulating him on the "recent happy event in [his] family circle"; saying that he leaves America "with feelings of sincere gratitude and sincere regret"; noting that he hopes to visit his "very kind friends in the United States" again.
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