Industrialist who financed the laying of the first permanently operational transatlantic telegraph cable. Check, 7 x 2.5, filled out in another hand and signed by Field, payable to B. S. Olmstead, Esq. for $200.00, December 2, 1878. In very good condition, with several vertical folds, cancellation cut to center and a two penny revenue stamp affixed to top right. Field’s signature is still bold and very prominent. R&R COA.
