Autograph letter signed : [London], to Cyrus W. Field, 1873 Mar. 5.

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Autograph letter signed : [London], to Cyrus W. Field, 1873 Mar. 5.

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Declining a dinner invitation and noting that "one of the conditions on which [he] was permitted to come to London" was that he would "abstain from large dinner parties"; saying he hopes they can "have a chat" soon; callling Field a "soil-y telegraph king."

1 item (3 p.) ; 17.9 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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