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Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 to Cyrus W. Field

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00162.03 Author/Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Place Written: Bedford Springs, Pennsylvania Type: Autograph letter signed Date: August 6, 1858 Pagination: 1 p. ; 24 x 20 cm. Order a Copy

Congratulates Field on his transatlantic telegraph enterprise. "Under the blessings of Divine Providence, I trust it may prove instrumental in promoting perpetual peace and friendship between the Kindred nations." Informs Field that he has not yet received Queen Victoria's dispatch.

Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Field, Cyrus W. (Cyrus West), 1819-1892
Alexandrina Victoria, Queen of Great Britain, 1819-1901

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