Passport for Cyrus W. Field : document signed : [Washington, D.C.], 1878 Mar. 1.

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Passport for Cyrus W. Field : document signed : [Washington, D.C.], 1878 Mar. 1.

1878

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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.

1 item (1 p.) ; 45.8 cm.

eng, Latn

Pierpont Morgan Library.

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