Autograph letter signed : Glanleam, Valencia [Valentia Island], to Cyrus W. Field, [1860?] Sept. 6.

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Autograph letter signed : Glanleam, Valencia [Valentia Island], to Cyrus W. Field, [1860?] Sept. 6.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/539058169

Sending samples of sand from three places on the west coast of Ireland to assist Field in deciding where to place the transatlantic cable.

1 item (4 p.) ; 18.3 cm.

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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