[D8805AAB], Letter from William M Allison Jr. to Thomas Alva Edison, January 3rd, 1888
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- Title
- [D8805AAB], Letter from William M Allison Jr. to Thomas Alva Edison, January 3rd, 1888
- Editor's Notes
- Recounts working with Edison as an operator at 45 Broadway for Western Union. Relates a humorous story about TAE. The letter writer requests a short interview with Edison; also wants to know if Edison has any inventions that can be used to signal through heavy fogs at sea. Also discusses an address that the writer will be delivering before the Special Committee on Signals of the New York Maritime Exchange. He details the specifics of his planned address.
- Author
- Allison, William M Jr
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Mentioned
- New York Sun
- Date
- 1888-01-03
- Type
- Letter
- Subject
- Reminiscences (1870-1876)
- Expositions, demonstrations, lectures
- Railroads and transportation
- Folder ID
- D8805-F
- Microfilm ID
- 121:159
- Document ID
- D8805AAB
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 121