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.

Special passport : document signed : [Washington, D.C.], 1880 Apr. 21.

BIB_ID
293241
Accession number
MA 140.49
Display Date
1880 Apr. 21.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 45.8 cm
Notes
"No. 596."
Includes an elaborate Department of State watermark.
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
A printed document that has been filled out by William M. Evarts, the Secretary of State, to act as a passport for Cyrus W. Field and his wife, daughter, and servants during their travels abroad.