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Correspondence

National Museum of American History

Object Details

sova.nmah.ac.1386_ref5
GUID
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a4cfdade-503e-4b60-b433-71ef1fa4939b
Collection Creator
Field, Cyrus
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Cyrus W. Field Papers
Date
1835 - 1893
Archival Repository
Archives Center, National Museum of American History
Identifier
NMAH.AC.1386, Series 3
Type
Archival materials
Collection Rights
Collection items available for reproduction, but the Archives Center makes no guarantees concerning copyright restrictions. Other intellectual property rights may apply. Archives Center cost-recovery and use fees may apply when requesting reproductions.
Scope and Contents
This series consists of incoming correspondence to Field and outgoing from Field to various people. Some notable correspondents include: George Saward; R.B. Hayes; Oliver Wendell Holmes; Andrew Johnson; James A. Garfield; James Buchanan; Lucius Fairchild; Joseph Henry; George Peabody; William T. Sherman; Samuel F.B. Morse; Michael Faraday; and Charles Wheatstone. The "other" correspondence incudes letters to and from Field's family members such as his wife Mrs. Mary Field, his daughters, and David Dudley Field I (1781-1867), Cyrus Field's father who was an American Congregational clergyman and writer.
Collection Restrictions
Collection is open for research.
NMAH.AC.1386_ref5
https://n2t.net/ark:/65665/ep8a4cfdade-503e-4b60-b433-71ef1fa4939b
NMAH.AC.1386
ACAH
Record ID
ebl-1503512577957-1503512577971-4

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