Various programmes, invitations, menus and souvenirs
Various programmes, invitations and menus for events held in honour of those involved in the 1866 Atlantic telegraph cable laying expedition. Also includes: a certificate from the Atlantic Telegraph Company to Charles Tilson Bright, Henry Clifford and other officers of the company thanking them for their cable laying expeditions in 1858; a lunch menu for the visit of His Excellency Li Chung Tang to Enderby's Wharf on 14 Aug 1896; a souvenir of the silver fete of the Eastern Extension Telegraph companies at the Imperial Institute on 20 July 1894; a certificate of Globe Telegraph Co Ltd, 1854-1873.
Record Details
| Item reference: | CLF/7 |
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| Catalogue Section: | Personal collections |
| Level: | FILE |
| Extent: | 1 folder containing 8 sheets & 1 envelope |
| Date made: | c.1866-1896 |
| Credit: | National Maritime Museum, Greenwich, London |
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- Clifford family history (Manuscript) (CLF/1)
- Employment contracts between Henry Clifford and the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company (Manuscript) (CLF/4)
- Documents related to the laying of telegraph cables (Manuscript) (CLF/5)
- Various programmes, invitations, menus and souvenirs (Manuscript) (CLF/7)
- Letters written to the son of Henry Clifford following his death in 1905 (Manuscript) (CLF/9)
- Photographs taken at the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Company works at Enderby’s Wharf (Manuscript) (CLF/11)