BIB_ID
293073
Accession number
MA 140.25
Creator
Ashley, Ossian D. (Ossian Doolittle), 1821-1904.
Display Date
1886 Mar. 20.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (5 p.) ; 27.5 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 "Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company" printed at the top.
Written on stationery with "Wabash, St. Louis and Pacific Railway Company" printed at the top.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Giving an account of Field's involvement with the Wabash Railway in reply to Field's inquiries; enclosing a written copy of Field's resignation letter (when he resigned as President and director of the Wabash Railway Company on Mar. 15, 1880).
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