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[D8434A], Letter from Edison and Swan United Electric Light Co Ltd, Samuel Flood Page to Thomas Alva Edison, January 1st, 1884

Title: [D8434A], Letter from Edison and Swan United Electric Light Co Ltd, Samuel Flood Page to Thomas Alva Edison, January 1st, 1884
Editor's Notes: Cover letter for correspondence between Henry Charles of Edison Electric Light Co Ltd. and John R. Tilly, sugar factory engineer and potential lighting customer, in Demerara [British Guiana, colony] -- [see D8434B-D, 10-12/1883]. Regarding Demerara [sic], Page writes, "that country comes within the jurisdiction of the American Company." [Demerara (dem?râr`?), river, c.200 mi (320 km) long, rising in the Guiana Highlands, E Guyana, and flowing N to the Atlantic Ocean. Georgetown, Guyana's chief port, is at the river's mouth. The Demerara is navigable for oceangoing vessels to Mackenzie, an important exporting center for bauxite and kaolin.]
Author: Edison and Swan United Electric Light Co Ltd; Page, Samuel Flood
Recipient: Edison, Thomas Alva
Date: 1884-01-01
Type: Letter
Subject: International business operations; Electric light and power
Folder ID: D8434-F
Microfilm ID: 73:758
Document ID: D8434A
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8434A
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 73

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