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[D8944AAL], Letter from Samuel Insull, Henry Villard to Thomas Alva Edison, 1889

Title: [D8944AAL], Letter from Samuel Insull, Henry Villard to Thomas Alva Edison, 1889
Editor's Notes: Sprague Motor business message from Mr. Villard to Mr. Edison through Mr. Insull##Increase Sprague Co Stock to $1,600,000 (600,000 8% Preferred) Leave of this $200,000 Prfd in Sprague Treasury##Issue $400,000 preferred to General Edison Co at par giving General Co $120,000 stock now in Sprague Treasury as a bonus to General Co##Capital 1,600,000# #In Treas 200,000/1400,000##Pref 400,000##Bonus 120,000##Option 200,000##720,000####Put sufficient stock in Trust to give control##3000 Villard##5000 Edison##General Cos Stock at par; Supplied year
Author: Villard, Henry; Insull, Samuel
Recipient: Edison, Thomas Alva
Mentioned: Sprague Electric Railway and Motor Co; Edison General Electric Co
Date: 1889-00-00
Type: Letter
Subject: Financial operations (companies and organizations); Stocks, bonds, and investments
Folder ID: D8944-F
Microfilm ID: 126:765
Document ID: D8944AAL
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/D8944AAL
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 126

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