BIB_ID
292800
Accession number
MA 139.13
Creator
Bright, John, 1811-1889.
Display Date
1872 Mar. 3.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.7 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 that he is not strong enough to go with Field to America; explaining that he does not think he has any power to change U.S. national policy; hoping to see Field before he sails.
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