BIB_ID
293220
Accession number
MA 140.46
Creator
Saward, George, 1822-1873.
Display Date
1858 Mar.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (2 p.) ; 25.8 cm
Notes
Includes a printed form (p. 2) for collecting names of prospective shareholders.
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.
Possibly a facsimile.
Saward is sending this letter as secretary of the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
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.
Possibly a facsimile.
Saward is sending this letter as secretary of the Atlantic Telegraph Company.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
Soliciting investment in the transatlantic telegraph cable.
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