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, 1865 June 25.

BIB_ID
293173
Accession number
MA 140.36
Creator
North, Lord, 19th cent.
Display Date
1865 June 25.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 18 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 from 57 Cromwell Houses S.W.
Written on stationery with the letter N surmounted by a crown embossed at the top.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Saying he is sorry not to have answered Field's invitation earlier; explaining that Field's invitation was incorrectly addressed to his cousin, the Earl of Guilford; accepting Field's dinner invitation.