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[D8547ZAU], Agreement, Thomas Alva Edison, Sigmund Bergmann, Zalmon Gibert Simmons, September 1885

Title: [D8547ZAU], Agreement, Thomas Alva Edison, Sigmund Bergmann, Zalmon Gibert Simmons, September 1885
Editor's Notes: Draft contract between TAE, as agent for himself, Bergmann, and E.H. Johnson, and Zalman G. Simmons; in return for $5,000, Simmons received sole charge and management of "discoveries, inventions, and improvements" in transmission of articulate speech over wires as specified in certain patent applications for the purpose of making experiments aimed at further improvements to ready telephone for commercial use.
Author: Simmons, Zalmon Gibert; Bergmann, Sigmund; Edison, Thomas Alva
Mentioned: U.S. Patent Office; Western Union
Date: 1885-09-00
Type: Agreement
Subject: Contracts and other legal concerns; Patent assignments, licenses, and royalties; Telephone
Folder ID: D8547-F
Microfilm ID: 78:884
Document ID: D8547ZAU
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8547ZAU
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 78

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