BIB_ID
293043
Accession number
MA 140.16
Creator
Ripon, George Frederick Samuel Robinson, Marquess of, 1827-1909.
Display Date
1885 July 19.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 17.8 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 on stationery with "Studley Royal, Ripon" printed at the top.
Written on stationery with "Studley Royal, Ripon" printed at the top.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Thanking him for his "prompt & successful diplomacy"; declining an invitation because he will not be in London; discussing the telegraph cable's role in the Treaty of Washington.
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