[D8420D], Letter from John Walford Lea to Thomas Alva Edison, January 18th, 1884
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Title
[D8420D], Letter from John Walford Lea to Thomas Alva Edison, January 18th, 1884
Editor's Notes
Saw TAE the previous September with letter of introduction. TAE gave him explanatin of state of EL in US and a pass to see Pearl St. station. Encloses an "Electric Lighting Memoranda" from the 15 Jan. 1884 Gas Journal enclosed). Clients of his firm, the stock and share brokers N. Lea & Son in Birmingham, England, interested in forming a light company in Birmingham. The memoranda is about the closing of the Holborn Viaduct station by the United Swan & Edison Co. and comments that this is likely to make it more difficult to establish a station elsewhere in London.
Author
Recipient
Date
1884-01-18
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8420-F
Microfilm ID
72:874
Document ID
D8420D
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University