Collection of letters and documents related to Cyrus W. Field and the Atlantic cable : London, New York, etc., 1858-1885.

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Collection of letters and documents related to Cyrus W. Field and the Atlantic cable : London, New York, etc., 1858-1885.

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A collection of 47 letters, mainly to Cyrus W. Field, written by European notables, people involved in the Atlantic Telegraph Company, and others (MA 140.1-47; some letters are copies); documents related to Field's travels including passports (MA 140.49 and 140.54) and a lettre d'indication from the London bank Coutts & Co. (MA 140.51); a transcript of service messages sent by the 1858 transatlantic cable (MA 140.52); a facsimile copy of William H. Russell's The laying of the Atlantic cable: diary of events (MA 140.53) with a facsimile copy of his corrections to the document (MA 140.57); Field's daily journal during the 1866 journey across the Atlantic on the Great Eastern (MA 140.56); a printed pamphlet entitled An Address to the People of the United States by John Beeson (MA 140.48); and a traced map of the U.S. showing Indian tribes (MA 140.50). These items are described in separate records (MA 140.1-57). See also MA 139, a related collection.

1 v. (57 items), unbound ; size varies.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892

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Cyrus West Field (1819-1892) was a merchant and capitalist who promoted the laying of the first Atlantic cable linking the U.S. with Europe. He formed a company to build cable communications between Newfoundland and Ireland, helped establish elevated trains in New York City, and participated in the development of the Wabash Railroad. Other business ventures included ownership of a New York newspaper, the Mail and Express. From the description of Cyrus W. Field papers, 1831-1905, bulk...