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Responds to a proposal made by a telegraphic company in the United States to lay...

Catalogue reference: CO 37/194/80

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This record is about the Responds to a proposal made by a telegraphic company in the United States to lay... dating from 1866 Nov 2 in the series Colonial Office and predecessors: Bermuda, Original Correspondence. It is held at The National Archives, Kew.

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Reference
CO 37/194/80
Date
1866 Nov 2
Description

Responds to a proposal made by a telegraphic company in the United States to lay a telegraph cable between America and Lisbon, Portugal, via Bermuda and the Azores; encloses letters from British Minister in Washington DC, Frederick William Adolphus Bruce, and British Consul-General in New York City, E M Archibald.

Harry St. George Ord, Governor of Bermuda, No. 17, Folios 403-411

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The National Archives, Kew
Former department reference
10992/1866
Legal status
Public Record(s)
Closure status
Open Document, Open Description
Record URL
https://beta.nationalarchives.gov.uk/catalogue/id/C9132684/

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