[D8632A], Letter from Georges Fournier to Thomas Alva Edison, June 14th, 1886
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Title
[D8632A], Letter from Georges Fournier to Thomas Alva Edison, June 14th, 1886
Editor's Notes
[One-page handwritten letter, Paris to New York] Transcription: "I have the honor to send you enclosed Circular of an Exhibition [Enclosure is D8632B], which will open on the 1st August next, and in which the Electricity will have a large part. ## It would be a great honor for the promoters of the same, if you would make us the favor of exhibiting some of your marvelous inventions ## Hoping you will excuse the liberty of my asking in consider[at]ion of this Science to which you have so much contributed[.]" [The final dozen or so words of the letter are written in French. Dan Weeks has translated these lines as a salutation.]]
Author
Recipient
Date
1886-06-14
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8632-F
Microfilm ID
79:890
Document ID
D8632A
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University