BIB_ID
293207
Accession number
MA 140.43
Creator
Field, Cyrus, 1819-1892.
Display Date
1858 Aug. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 16.7 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.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Certifying that he has sold "the balance of the Atlantic Telegraph Cable now on board the U.S.S. Niagra" to Tiffany & Co.; stating that "a genuine section" of the cable accompanies this note. The "genuine section" of cable may be the one in the cover binding of MA 139, a related collection.
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