[D8822AAY], Letter from Harlan Hoge Ballard to Thomas Alva Edison, June 22nd, 1888

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Title

[D8822AAY], Letter from Harlan Hoge Ballard to Thomas Alva Edison, June 22nd, 1888

Editor's Notes

"I am so confident that there is money in my idea regarding your new phonograph that I venture once more at the risk of appearing strenuous and [unclear] your attention to it at once. Should you listen to my plan, find it new, deem it valuable, and adopt it,could I have some percentage of the profits directly resulting therefrom?" Truly yours, H.H. Ballard [Marginalia: "Write him and say that there will be no use to submit imprvemetns on the phonogrpah until he knows what the phonograph is--after they are on the market & he finds he can improve it we will cable biz. E." "Ans 11/7/88"]

Date

1888-06-22

Type

Folder/Volume ID

D8822-F

Microfilm ID

122:735

Document ID

D8822AAY

Publisher

Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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