BIB_ID
292765
Accession number
MA 139.2
Display Date
[1858] Sept. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 2.6 x 104.8 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.
Stored in a blue envelope (10.5 x 24.4 cm).
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.
Stored in a blue envelope (10.5 x 24.4 cm).
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
"The Directors are on their way to Valentia to make arrangements for opening the wire to the public. They convey through the cable to you and your fellow citizens their hearty congratulations in your joyous celebration of the great international work."
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