[D7937ZCM], Letter from Josiah Custer Reiff to Thomas Alva Edison, September 20th, 1879

Item

Abstract

Is it true that WU declined to build or use emg receiver? Thinks Bell people scared WU into settlement. Wants to see TAE; has info to help him in Interferences. Hears that Bell people "think they can beat you on Carbon through Berliner!"

Author

Reiff, Josiah Custer

Recipient

Edison, Thomas Alva

Mentions

American Bell Telephone Co

Western Union

Date

1879-09-20

Decade

1870-1879

Type

Letter

Subject

Patent interference

Carbon, coal, glass, ceramics

Telephone

Identifier

D7937ZCM

Folder Set

D7937

Title

[D7937ZCM], Letter from Josiah Custer Reiff to Thomas Alva Edison, September 20th, 1879

Microfilm ID

52:108

Rights

Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Publisher

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

Item sets

(D-79-37) Telephone