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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Field , Cyrus West 1819 -1892 (search)
Field, Cyrus West 1819-1892
Benefactor; born in Stockbridge, Mass., Nov. 30, 1819; was educated in his native town, and went to work when fifteen years old. In 1840 he began the manufacture and sale of paper on his own account, and in fifteen years became so prosperous that he was able to partially retire.
About this time he became interested in ocean telegraphy, and for some time pondered the question whether a cable could not be stretched across the Atlantic.
In 1854 he obtained from the Newfoundland legislature the exclusive right for fifty years to land cables on that island to be continued to the United States.
He next formed a corporation consisting of Peter Cooper, Moses Taylor, Marshall O. Roberts, and Chandler White, and known as the New York, Newfoundland, and London Telegraph Company, to procure and lay a cable.
After many failures and disappointments a cable was successfully laid across the Atlantic in 1866 (see Atlantic Telegraph). For his achievement he receive
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Grady , Henry Woodfen 1851 -1892 (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Medals. (search)
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), United States of America . (search)