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The Story of the Atlantic Telegraph
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Henry M. Field
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Peter
Cooper,
Chairman.
Wilson
G.
Hunt,
Secretary.
To
testify
the
public
appreciation
of
this
great
achievement,
and
of
his
part
in
it,
the
Chamber
of
Commerce
of
New
York
invited
Mr.
Field
to
a
public
banquet,
which
was
given
on
the
fifteenth
of
November.
It
was
attended
by
about
three
hundred
gentlemen--not
only
merchants
and
bankers,
but
men
of
all
professions--lawyers
and
judges,
clergymen
and
presidents
of
colleges,
members
of
the
Government
and
foreign
ministers,
and
officers
of
the
army
and
navy.
The
President
of
the
Chamber
of
Commerce,
Mr.
A.
A.
Low,
presided,
and,
at
the
close
of
his
opening
speech,
said:
"We
may
fairly
claim
that,
from
first
to
last,
Cyrus
W.
Field
has
been
more
closely
identified
with
the
Atlantic
Telegraph
than
any
other
living
man;
and
his
name
and
his
fame,
which
the
Queen
of
Great
Britain
has
justly
left
to
the
care
of
the
American
government
and
people,
will
be
proudly
cherished
and
gratefully
honored.
We
are
in
daily
use
of
the
fruits
of
his
labors;
and
it
is
meet
that
the
men
of
commerce,
of
literature
and
of
law,
of
science
and
art--of
all
the
professions
that
impart
dignity
and
worth
to
our
nature--should
come
together
and
give
a
hearty,
joyous,
and
generous
welcome
to
this
truly
chivalrous
son
of
America."
He
proposed
the
health
of
their
guest:
"Cyrus
W.
Field,
the
projector
and
mainspring
of
the
Atlantic
Telegraph:
while
the
British
government
justly
honors
those
who
have
taken
part
with
him
in
this
great
work
of
the
age,
his
fame
belongs
to
us,
and
will
be
cherished
and
guarded
by
his
countrymen."
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