Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1872 Mar. 1.

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Autograph letter signed : London, to Cyrus W. Field, 1872 Mar. 1.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/269537769

Asking if Field can "do something ... to help our two countries in this untoward business"; encouraging him, if he believes that the U.S. government never waived "the claim for indirect damages" [after the American Civil War], to "make this statement publicly."

1 item (2 p.) ; 19cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7173447

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