[LB048342], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison, Alfred Ord Tate to William Edgar Gilmore, Edison General Electric Co, March 31st, 1891
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Title
[LB048342], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison, Alfred Ord Tate to William Edgar Gilmore, Edison General Electric Co, March 31st, 1891
Date
1891-03-31
Type
Folder/Volume ID
LB048-F
Microfilm ID
142:104
Document ID
LB048342
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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March 31, 1891.
W.E. Gilmore, Esq., Assistant Manager,
Edison Gen’l Electric Co.,
Schenectady, N.Y.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to confirm the following telegram sent to you this morning by Mr. Edison, in reply to your letter of 30th inst. in regard to mica:
“Please examine samples more carefully. You will see they are split to proper thickness ready for putting together and there is no waste. You leave out entirely saving in waste and labor of splitting ti size when quoting price. Please answer again. I have twenty thousand pounds in stock, but prices quoted would be a less. EDISON”
Yours very truly,
(Signed A.O. Tate)
Private Secretary.
W.E. Gilmore, Esq., Assistant Manager,
Edison Gen’l Electric Co.,
Schenectady, N.Y.
Dear Sir:-
I beg to confirm the following telegram sent to you this morning by Mr. Edison, in reply to your letter of 30th inst. in regard to mica:
“Please examine samples more carefully. You will see they are split to proper thickness ready for putting together and there is no waste. You leave out entirely saving in waste and labor of splitting ti size when quoting price. Please answer again. I have twenty thousand pounds in stock, but prices quoted would be a less. EDISON”
Yours very truly,
(Signed A.O. Tate)
Private Secretary.