BIB_ID
292792
Accession number
MA 139.10
Creator
Bright, John, 1811-1889.
Display Date
1869 Aug. 24.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (8 p.) ; 18.3 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
Discussing a settlement between the Americans and the British [this is possibly about the diplomatic controversy known as the Alabama claims]; saying that the British have done all they were asked to do and blaming the U.S. Senate for rejecting the convention; noting that he is speaking to Field privately.
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