[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
Recipient
Mentioned
Date
1888-01-03
Type
Subject
Folder/Volume ID
D8805-F
Microfilm ID
121:159
Document ID
D8805AAB
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University