[D8805AEK], Letter from Carr and Dickinson, S P Carr to Thomas Alva Edison, July 14th, 1888
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Title
[D8805AEK], Letter from Carr and Dickinson, S P Carr to Thomas Alva Edison, July 14th, 1888
Editor's Notes
Your letter & sample to hand & think you have made a grand success as far as color is concerned, but the flavor will militate against it to sell in the Leaf on the open Market. But for Manufacturing purposes providing that the manipulation with other flavorings will destroy fhte identity of this "druggy" flavor it may prove a grand success The tobacco that I sent you was not worth over $5 to $8 per 100-- These leaves returnd by you could not be bought on the open market free of this druggy flavor to day for less than $40. In fact it would be hard to get any great quantity [running?] uniform like this. We will get a leading manuacturer here to test the sample & if the flavor does not impair its Commercial value as a compeitotr with the natural leaf product will report to you & send you a sample each of the natural & artificial to hand only among your friend as a [---?] Your friend S. P. Carr of Carr & Dickinson
Author
Recipient
Date
1888-07-14
Type
Subject
Folder/Volume ID
D8805-F
Microfilm ID
121:409
Document ID
D8805AEK
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University