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[D0204ABB], Letter from Herman Ernest Dick to Thomas Alva Edison, October 15th, 1902
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Letterhead of Hotel Cecil
Strand, W. C.

Oct. 15 1902

My Dear Edison:

I called on Harris & Mills this morning so that they would know that I was here should they want me for anything.

They told me a most remarkable story concerning a visit made them by Stewart.

He called sometime ago & introduced himself by saying that he was in a position to help you materially in the patents or if he chose he could make you a lot of trouble. Not being properly introduced they put him down as a blackmailer but told him to write them a letter stating what we could do & they would forward it to Dyer who would undoubtedly bring it to your notice.

Before he left the office, he said that you had a man on this side explaining the battery to the patent agents who was a Swede who formally worked for Junger & that he had entered your employ & had given all of Junger’s secrets away to you & that this new battery which was an improvement in Junger’s was not your invention but Rafn’s.

I had intended to write Stewart that I was here but since I have heard this tale I want nothing to do with him

He is a dangerous man and you better tell Rafn that if one of your old employees named Stewart ever meets him to have nothing to say to him whatever but not tell him what Stewart said as we don't want him to get a swelled head. Harris & Mills were not certain that he gave his name – if he did they had forgotten it & it did not impress them so they closed the interview. When I asked them if he said he formally worked for you & had been in Valpariso & looked genteely shabby they said it was the [man]. There may be a motive for him Going to [Horn] with this story. If there is I shall find it out later on.

Sincerely Yours
H W Dick

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Title
[D0204ABB], Letter from Herman Ernest Dick to Thomas Alva Edison, October 15th, 1902
Author
Dick, Herman Ernest
Recipient
Edison, Thomas Alva
Mentioned
Harris and Mills
Stewart, Willis N
Rafn, Robert
Jungner, Ernest Waldemar
Dyer, Richard Nott
Date
1902-10-15
Type
Letter
Subject
Labor
Patents
Electric battery
Folder ID
D0204-F
Microfilm ID
187:641
Document ID
D0204ABB
URL
https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D0204ABB
Rights
Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
License
CC0 1.0 Universal
Has Version
Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 187
Item sets
[D0204-F] (D-02-04) Battery -- Storage -- Foreign

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