BIB_ID
293253
Accession number
MA 140.52
Display Date
1858 Aug. 16-Sept. 30.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (16 p.) ; 31.8 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.
Watermark: lion and "Patent."
With a signed statement on p. 16 by George Saward, secretary of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, stating that this is a "true copy" of the messages entered in the service message book between Aug. 10 and Sept. 30, 1858.
Watermark: lion and "Patent."
With a signed statement on p. 16 by George Saward, secretary of the Atlantic Telegraph Company, stating that this is a "true copy" of the messages entered in the service message book between Aug. 10 and Sept. 30, 1858.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
A log of the messages received in Newfoundland from Europe via the first transatlantic telegraph cable in Aug. and Sept. 1858. Includes messages from Queen Victoria, members of the Atlantic Telegraph Company including Cyrus W. Field, and others.
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