[D8049ZCY], Letter from Edward Hibberd Johnson to Thomas Alva Edison, April 1st, 1880
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- Title
- [D8049ZCY], Letter from Edward Hibberd Johnson to Thomas Alva Edison, April 1st, 1880
- Editor's Notes
- Summarize advantages of combination so you can decide quickly when time comes: overcome opposition to housetop wires; unity against PO; patent situation; more capital; stock of united Co would be quickly subscribed. You should sell your interest rather than take share of profits. Outlines financial obligations of Edison Co under proposed terms. Fr 570 is probably postscript to this. Bell people got legal opinion of your carbon pat. Said pat does not sufficiently describe things claimed therein. "This has hit our people hard...."
- Author
- Johnson, Edward Hibberd
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Mentioned
- United Telephone Co Ltd
- Telephone Co Ltd
- Edison Telephone Co of London Ltd
- Edison Telephone Co of Glasgow Ltd
- White, Arnold Henry
- Bouverie, Edward Pleydell
- Date
- 1880-04-01
- Type
- Letter
- Folder ID
- D8049-F
- Microfilm ID
- 56:564
- Document ID
- D8049ZCY
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 56