[D8503ZDZ], Letter from William Preston Hix to Thomas Alva Edison, November 29th, 1885
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- Title
- [D8503ZDZ], Letter from William Preston Hix to Thomas Alva Edison, November 29th, 1885
- Editor's Notes
- [Letterhead of The Edison Company for Isolated Lighting of New York.] Newspaper article cut out and attached to top of note. Article concerns James Burns, an inventor who attempted to exhibit an invention in a boat, and instead tipped the boat over, dumping himself, his companions, and his equipment into the water. Handwritten note below the article: "The trials and tribulations of inventors is great."
- Author
- Hix, William Preston
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1885-11-29
- Type
- Letter
- Subject
- Inventions and creativity
- Folder ID
- D8503-F
- Microfilm ID
- 77:208
- Document ID
- D8503ZDZ
- 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 77