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Actions	Details Remove from selection Add to selection Title Letter Sir Charles Bright to Edward Bright Reference UK0108 SC MSS 020/II/47 Date 1870-05-09 Scope and Content Written from Kingston Jamaica, reporting on soundings made and the necessary adjustment to the positioning of the cable at Cienfuegos, and the difficulty of building a land station due to the presence of rebels in the area. Has found offices in Santiago and Kingston. Asking Bright to report on these matters to the Cuba and West India and Panama Companies. Has heard of the repeal of the Colombian law taxing telegraph lines. Going on to St Thomas. Physical description Number of pieces: 1, Pages/folios: 8pp Language English. Subject Cable manufacture, Cable ships, Surveying, Cuba, Cienfuegos, Santiago, Jamaica, Kingston Conditions governing access Open access Level of description file Hierarchy browser 110000003 Special Collection Manuscripts contains 321 parts UK0108 SC MSS 020 Papers of Sir Charles Tilston Bright contains 2 parts UK0108 SC MSS 020/II Correspondence and Reports relating to the West Indies and Panama Telegraph contains 94 parts UK0108 SC MSS 020/II/47 Letter Sir Charles Bright to Edward Bright

Title
Letter Sir Charles Bright to Edward Bright
Reference
UK0108 SC MSS 020/II/47
Date
1870-05-09
Scope and Content
Written from Kingston Jamaica, reporting on soundings made and the necessary adjustment to the positioning of the cable at Cienfuegos, and the difficulty of building a land station due to the presence of rebels in the area. Has found offices in Santiago and Kingston. Asking Bright to report on these matters to the Cuba and West India and Panama Companies. Has heard of the repeal of the Colombian law taxing telegraph lines. Going on to St Thomas.
Physical description
Number of pieces: 1, Pages/folios: 8pp
Language
English.
Subject
Cable manufacture, Cable ships, Surveying, Cuba, Cienfuegos, Santiago, Jamaica, Kingston
Conditions governing access
Open access
Level of description
file

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