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[D7937ZBQ], Letter from Philadelphia Local Telegraph Co, Henry Bentley to Thomas Alva Edison, July 11th, 1879

Title: [D7937ZBQ], Letter from Philadelphia Local Telegraph Co, Henry Bentley to Thomas Alva Edison, July 11th, 1879
Editor's Notes: Re: Shortt, Blake and Phelps transmitters. Phelps' is simple and works well "but if people can get patents on these things after your covering the whole ground, as it seems to me your have, I dont see what he Patent Office is for or what is the use of getting a patent in the first place."
Author: Philadelphia Local Telegraph Co; Bentley, Henry
Recipient: Edison, Thomas Alva
Mentioned: Short, Sidney Howe; Phelps, George May
Date: 1879-07-11
Type: Letter
Subject: Patents; Telephone
Folder ID: D7937-F
Microfilm ID: 52:78
Document ID: D7937ZBQ
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D7937ZBQ
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 52

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