[D8958ABA], Letter from U.S. Post Office Dept. Foreign Mails, Newton May Brooks to Thomas Alva Edison, December 10th, 1889
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[D8958ABA], Letter from U.S. Post Office Dept. Foreign Mails, Newton May Brooks to Thomas Alva Edison, December 10th, 1889
Editor's Notes
Referring to TAE's reply on 23 Jan. last to the Department's letter of the preceding day; includes a translated extract from the Postal Administration of Germany from 23 ult.; German Post Office wants a new phonograph for its museum and had written TAE on Jan. 25 to get one; he referred them to Gouraud but he hasn't procured a phonograph for them so far; TAE, though, has sent phonographs directly to various institutions in Berlin, including the Physico-technical Institution and the Urania; asks U.S. Post Officee to intervene with TAE and encloses catalogue of the museum; U.S. Post Office asks TAE to inform them of what action he will take in the matter.
Recipient
Mentioned
Date
1889-12-10
Type
Folder/Volume ID
D8958-F
Microfilm ID
127:630
Document ID
D8958ABA
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University