BIB_ID
293200
Accession number
MA 140.41
Creator
Saward, George, 1822-1873.
Display Date
1868 Feb. 8.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25 cm
Notes
Marked "Copy" in the upper left corner.
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.
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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Saying that he has not written sooner because he was so busy with work; sending documents; discussing the difficulties of raising money for the telegraph cable; complaining about the underhanded practices of the Anglo Company and predicting that "this state of things ... can only end in a chancery suit."
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