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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
·
Henry M. Field
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This
was
a
triumph
worthy
to
be
honored
in
the
way
that
Englishmen
love,
by
a
little
festivity;
and
as
it
chanced
to
be
now
ten
years
since
Mr.
Field
had
embarked
in
the
enterprise,
the
pleasant
thought
occurred
to
him
of
getting
his
friends
together
to
celebrate
the
anniversary.
Accordingly,
on
the
fifteenth
of
March,
he
invited
them
to
dine
together
at
the
Buckingham
Palace
Hotel.
It
was
a
joyous
occasion,
and
called
forth
the
usual
amount
of
toasts
and
speeches.
Of
the
latter,
those
of
Mr.
Adams,
the
American
Minister,
and
of
John
Bright,
were
widely
copied
in
the
United
States.
The
next
day
was
the
annual
meeting
of
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
Company,
when
the
Chairman,
the
Right
Hon.
James
Stuart
Wortley,
thus
referred
to
the
gathering
of
the
night
before:
"Without
saying
any
thing
to
detract
from
my
deep
gratitude
to
the
other
Directors,
I
cannot
help
especially
alluding
to
Mr.
Cyrus
Field,
who
is
present
to-day,
and
who
has
crossed
the
Atlantic
thirty-one
times
in
the
service
of
this
Company,
having
celebrated
at
his
table
yesterday
the
anniversary
of
the
tenth
year
of
the
day
when
he
first
left
Boston
in
the
service
of
the
Company.
Collected
round
his
table
last
night
was
a
company
of
distinguished
men--members
of
Parliament,
great
capitalists,
distinguished
merchants
and
manufacturers,
engineers
and
men
of
science,
such
as
is
rarely
found
together
even
in
the
highest
house
in
this
great
metropolis.
It
was
very
agreeable
to
see
an
American
citizen
so
surrounded.
It
was
still
more
gratifying,
inasmuch
as
we
were
there
to
celebrate
the
approaching
accomplishment
of
the
Atlantic
Telegraph."
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