BIB_ID
293002
Accession number
MA 140.5
Creator
Caithness, James Sinclair, Earl of, 1821-1881.
Display Date
1864 Apr. 13.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 18.2 cm
Notes
Part of a large collection of letters to Cyrus Field and documents related to the transatlantic telegraph cable. Items in the collection are described in separate records; see MA 140 for more information.
Written in the third person on stationery with the British lion and unicorn seal and "Windsor Castle" embossed at the top.
Written in the third person on stationery with the British lion and unicorn seal and "Windsor Castle" embossed at the top.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Regretting that he cannot accept Field's invitation because he is "at Windsor in waiting on the Queen."
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