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Title

[D8747AAE], Letter from George Jarvis Brush to Thomas Alva Edison, August 9th, 1887

Editor's Notes

"In answer to your favor of the 6th ult. I would state that Krantz & Co Bonn on the Rhine (P[--------]) are probably the largest dealers in minerals, by simple specimen or quantity. T. Schuchardt Gorlity Llidia is a manufacturer of chemicals who also deals largely in minerals. Both of these houses send minerals to all parts of the world and have carved (?) panda[-]ts to collect for them. In this country we have Dr. A. E. Forte. Bel[-----] Ave Philadelphia and recently Mr. L. Cush[--] & Co 1512 Chestnut St Philadelphia advertise extensively, but I know nothing from experience about them. They have, however, for sale the collections of the late John C. Trautwine which I know to be a very fine collection of minerals. Mr. Trautwine was an excellent minerologist and collected for over 30 years with great industry and discrimination. I consider it a very valuable collection and one of the most complete as regards species in the country. Such a thing as a "perfect mineralog[---] collection" does not exist; has Trautwine's is one the choice collections of minerals. If any one desires to purchase a collection containing well determine and accurately labelled species as to names & [---------] I think it would be difficult to find a better one than this. ## We have also a mineral dealer in Mr Sta[---], whom I can recommend as an honest competent mineralogist and who has always a large number of great minerals on sale. His name is L. Stadtmueller (43 Whitney Avenue New Haven)--"

Author

Brush, George Jarvis

Recipient

Edison, Thomas Alva

Date

1887-08-09

Type

Letter

Subject

Metals and minerals

Folder ID

D8747-F

Microfilm ID

120:139

Document ID

D8747AAE

URL

https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8747AAE

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 120

License

CC0 1.0 Universal

Item sets

[D8747-F] (D-87-47) Mining -- General