BIB_ID
293158
Accession number
MA 140.35
Creator
Kimberley, John Wodehouse, Earl of, 1826-1902.
Display Date
1879 July 28.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (3 p.) ; 16.8 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 "35, Lowndes Square. S.W." printed in the upper right corner.
Written on stationery with "35, Lowndes Square. S.W." printed in the upper right corner.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Apologizing for not writing sooner; thanking him for "the report of [the] proceedings on the anniversary" of the first transatlantic telegraph cable; saying he is glad there is "a revival of trade in America"; noting that "bad weather and enormous unproductive war expenditure are producing their natural results" in Europe.
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