[D8938ABG], Letter from William Dennis Marks to Thomas Alva Edison, July 23rd, 1889
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- Title
- [D8938ABG], Letter from William Dennis Marks to Thomas Alva Edison, July 23rd, 1889
- Editor's Notes
- Mr. Villard sent for me & had a long verbal interview with one today & while he was very courteous said nothing looking toward a change in the present disrupted condition of the engineering department & so the interview was closed by my saying that I would leave the whole matter in the hands of Mr. edison & himself abide by your decision with a strong [preference?] for leaving on my part. " To Mr. Villard's suggestion that under these conditions I would neglect my work I answered--"I can always do my duty"####Mr. Villard also mentioned that I am assured of having "the big head" I may be pardoned for saying, with regret, that I feel that nature has not so endowed me as to make me hope to rival the achievements of an edison or Villard but that I have not as yet met anyone else connected with the Eidson system concerning whom I should feel called upon to make a similar admission.####I am most truly yours,####Wm. D. Marks####[name mentions: William Marks, Thos Edison, Samuel Insull, Henry Villard]
- Author
- Marks, William Dennis
- Recipient
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1889-07-23
- Type
- Letter
- Subject
- Labor
- Folder ID
- D8938-F
- Microfilm ID
- 126:444
- Document ID
- D8938ABG
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 126
- License
- CC0 1.0 Universal