BIB_ID
292794
Accession number
MA 139.11
Creator
Bright, John, 1811-1889.
Display Date
1872 Mar. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 17.8 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Saying he is grieved to hear of Field's accident; telling him his "elder boy sailed for New York" with a note for Field; mentioning the "trouble about the Treaty"; discussing political matters; asking if Field can come to see him on his way to Liverpool.
Catalog link
Department