BIB_ID
293036
Accession number
MA 140.13
Creator
Fitzgerald, Peter George, Sir, 1808-1880.
Display Date
[1860?] Sept. 6.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 cm
Notes
Docketed: "Sept. 11 Answered."
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.
The year of the date is unclear and may read 1860 or 1866.
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.
The year of the date is unclear and may read 1860 or 1866.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Sending samples of sand from three places on the west coast of Ireland to assist Field in deciding where to place the transatlantic cable.
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