[D8049ZCY], Letter from Edward Hibberd Johnson to Thomas Alva Edison, April 1st, 1880
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[D8049ZCY], Letter from Edward Hibberd Johnson to Thomas Alva Edison, April 1st, 1880
Editor's Notes
Summarize advantages of combination so you can decide quickly when time comes: overcome opposition to housetop wires; unity against PO; patent situation; more capital; stock of united Co would be quickly subscribed. You should sell your interest rather than take share of profits. Outlines financial obligations of Edison Co under proposed terms. Fr 570 is probably postscript to this. Bell people got legal opinion of your carbon pat. Said pat does not sufficiently describe things claimed therein. "This has hit our people hard...."
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Mentioned
Date
1880-04-01
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8049-F
Microfilm ID
56:564
Document ID
D8049ZCY
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University