BIB_ID
293280
Accession number
MA 140.54
Display Date
1878 Mar. 1.
Credit line
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan, 1909.
Description
1 item (1 p.) ; 45.8 cm
Notes
"No. 4765."
Includes a detailed description of Cyrus W. Field's physical appearance.
Includes stamped and signed endorsements from government officials in Cuba.
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.
With the seal of Theodore Ritter, a United States Passport Agent at 29 Broadway, NY, in the upper and lower right corners.
Includes a detailed description of Cyrus W. Field's physical appearance.
Includes stamped and signed endorsements from government officials in Cuba.
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.
With the seal of Theodore Ritter, a United States Passport Agent at 29 Broadway, NY, in the upper and lower right corners.
Provenance
Purchased by Pierpont Morgan from the New York Co-operative Society, 1909.
Summary
A printed document that has been filled out on Mar. 1, 1878 by William M. Evarts, the Secretary of State, to act as a passport for Cyrus W. Field and his wife. Includes an additional signed statement on the verso from Theodore Ritter, passport agent, related to Field's trip to Cuba with his wife and a female servant. Ritter's note is dated Nov. 21, 1879.
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