[LB040462], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Columbia College. School of Mines, Francis Bacon Crocker, May 10th, 1890

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Title

[LB040462], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Columbia College. School of Mines, Francis Bacon Crocker, May 10th, 1890

Date

1890-05-10

Type

Folder/Volume ID

LB040-F

Microfilm ID

140:1181

Document ID

LB040462

Publisher

Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
 

Transcription

May 10, 1890
Francis B. Crocker, Esq.,
Instructor in Elec. Engineering,
School of Mines, Columbia College, New York
My dear Sir:-
I beg to acknowledge receipt of your letter under date 7th instant, in regard to my founding a Scholarship for Columbia College. I beg to say that it will be entirely impracticable for me to found this Scholarship. All my money is turned over in the Laboratory here and applied to experimental work, and the results of my labor are eventually made known for the benefit of those who are interested in that class of work. This may not be what is generally known as a direct contribution, but in effect it is exactly the same. It costs me a hundred and fifty thousand dollars a year to carry on the experimental work of this Laboratory and I feel that I cannot afford to add to the expense.
Yours very truly,
Thomas A. Edison
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