[D8704ABY], Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Jr. to Thomas Alva Edison, August 19th, 1887
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[D8704ABY], Letter from William Lloyd Garrison, Jr. to Thomas Alva Edison, August 19th, 1887
Editor's Notes
Pardon the delay in replying to yours of the 13th; have been unwell and came to Cape Cod to rest.###Read your plans for electrical works at Orange with great interest [see D8704ABW]; would be proud to be of service; the amount of capital asked for may be too modest; think it would be wiser to start with enough so dividends and not assessments may follow; money markets are currently cautious, which may make it difficult to raise capital; my own capital--$13,000--is tied up in Brockton Co., which hasn't been remunerative for four years, though the new organization is promising; if I can get the stock above par, could sell and have money to invest in your new enterprise; cannot induce my connections to invest until I do; I have become more circumspect in investing in new enterprises but still believe in you, though "I have had reason to question the quality of the consciences of some of your lieutenants"; want more time to consider and to talk with you about it; write me at Boston to which I return Wednesday [?]
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Recipient
Date
1887-08-19
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8704-F
Microfilm ID
119:177
Document ID
D8704ABY
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University