Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Plan your visit. 225 Madison Avenue at 36th Street, New York, NY 10016.

Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1879 July 28.

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.
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.