BIB_ID
292804
Accession number
MA 139.15
Creator
Bright, John, 1811-1889.
Display Date
1872 Nov. 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 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
Declining an invitation because he is going to Wales with his wife; saying he hopes to see Field before he departs for the U.S.; mentioning a visit from Mr. Sumner; hoping Field's "telegraph enterprises are prospering."
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