[D8849AAC], Letter from George Edward Gouraud to Thomas Alva Edison, January 13th, 1888
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[D8849AAC], Letter from George Edward Gouraud to Thomas Alva Edison, January 13th, 1888
Editor's Notes
"There is some uncertainty as to whether my signature under the power of attorney I hold from you will be accepted in applications for patents--I refer of course to those countries for which you have not already sent me powers of attorney. I am proceeding to make the applications on the theory that my signature under your power of attorney will suffice, but can only know for certain after some considerable delay. I theretofore advise anticipating the adverse contingency above referred to, by your forwarding as soon as possible other blank powers of A. actually signed by you, --say 25 or 30. ### I am this moment in receipt of official notification of the acceptance of the English application ledged Dec. 14th, '87, from which date we have nine months to complete. ### The French patent was filed Jan. 9th, '88, making to date filed, English, German, and French. ### I have received a special communication from the French government that your French patent (telephone,) 175,093, which I understand is the one containing your broad-claim for the Phonograph in France, has not been assigned out of your name, either wholly or in part; therefore kindly make due note of this, and sign nothing whatever with refernce to said patent without prior reference to me. ### I am anxiously awaiting copies of the agreement under which your interest in that patent was sold, to see what reservations were made concerning the Phonograph." Gouraud "P.S. Please send me the French telephone patent (124974,) the original, if you have it, if not a copy, as they have no French copies for sale printed, and charge so much for a copy from Paris."]
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Date
1888-01-13
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Folder/Volume ID
D8849-F
Microfilm ID
124:501
Document ID
D8849AAC
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University