BIB_ID
292756
Accession number
MA 139.1
Creator
Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892.
Display Date
[1858 Sept. 1].
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 25 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.
The transatlantic telegraph cable was completed in Aug. 1858. Field returned to New York for an official day of celebration on Sept. 1. The line worked for about a month before breaking in Sept. 1858.
The transatlantic telegraph cable was completed in Aug. 1858. Field returned to New York for an official day of celebration on Sept. 1. The line worked for about a month before breaking in Sept. 1858.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
A draft of Field's address after the completion of the first transatlantic telegraph cable.
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