CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

CYRUS W. FIELD HIS LIFE AND WORK

CHAPTER I PARENTAGE AND EARLY HOME LIFE (1819-1835)

CHAPTER II EARLY LIFE IN NEW YORK (1835-1840)

CHAPTER III MARRIAGE AND BUSINESS LIFE (1840-1853)

CHAPTER IV OUT OF DEBT A VOYAGE TO SOUTH AMERICA -1853

CHAPTER V THE FIRST CABLE (1853-1857)

CHAPTER VI THE FIRST CABLE (CONTINUED) -1857

CHAPTER VII A FLEETING TRIUMPH -1858

CHAPTER VIII FAILURE ON ALL SIDES (1858-1861)

CHAPTER IX THE CIVIL WAR (1861-1862)

CHAPTER X CAPITAL RAISED FOR THE MAKING OF A NEW CABLE STEAMSHIP "GREAT EASTERN" SECURED (1863-1864)

CHAPTER XI THE FAILURE OF 1865

CHAPTER XII THE CABLE LAID CABLE OF 1865 GRAPPLED FOR AND RECOVERED PAYMENT OF DEBTS -1866

CHAPTER XIII THE RECONSTRUCTION PERIOD (1867-1870)

CHAPTER XIV INTERNATIONAL POLITICS RAPID TRANSIT (1870-1880)

CHAPTER XV THE PACIFIC CABLE THE GOLDEN WEDDING (1880-1891)

CHAPTER XVI LAST DAYS AND DEATH IN MEMORIAM (1891-1892)

EDITED BY

ISABELLA FIELD JUDSON

ILLUSTRATED


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NEW YORK
HARPER & BROTHERS PUBLISHERS
1896



Copyright, 1896, by Isabella Field Judson.
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TO

MY FATHER’S FAMILY AND FRIENDS

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