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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
136
After
such
an
answer
he
did
not
wait
long.
The
letter
is
dated
the
thirtieth
of
December,
and
in
just
one
week,
on
the
sixth
of
January,
he
sailed
in
the
Persia
for
England
with
Mr.
Everett.
Scarcely
had
he
arrived
in
London
before
he
was
made
the
General
Manager
of
the
Company,
with
control
of
the
entire
staff,
including
electricians
and
engineers.
The
following
extract
from
the
minutes
of
the
Board
of
Directors,
dated
January
27,
1858,
explains
the
new
position
to
which
he
was
invited:
"The
Directors
having
for
several
months
felt
that
it
would
greatly
advance
the
interests
of
this
enterprise,
if
Mr.
Cyrus
W.
Field,
of
New
York,
could
be
induced
to
come
over
to
England,
for
the
purpose
of
undertaking
the
general
management
and
supervision
of
all
the
various
arrangements
that
would
be
required
to
be
carried
out
before
the
sailing
of
the
next
expedition;
application
was
made
to
Mr.
Field,
with
the
view
of
securing
his
consent
to
the
proposal,
and
he
arrived
in
this
country
on
the
sixteenth
instant,
when
it
was
ascertained
that
he
would
be
willing,
if
unanimously
desired
by
the
Directors,
to
act
in
behalf
of
the
Company
as
proposed;
and
Mr.
Field
having
retired,
it
was
unanimously
resolved
to
tender
him,
in
respect
to
such
services,
the
sum
of
L1000
over
and
above
his
travelling
and
other
expenses,
as
remuneration."
This
resolution
was
at
once
communicated
to
Mr.
Field,
who
replied
that
he
would
undertake
the
duties
of
General
Manager,
but
declined
the
offer
of
L1000,
preferring
to
give
his
services
to
the
Company
without
compensation.
Whereupon
the
Directors
immediately
passed
another
resolution:
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