[D9202ACI], Letter from Eaton and Lewis to Thomas Alva Edison, December 6th, 1892
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New York, December 6, 1892 Thomas A. Edison, Esq., Orange, New Jersey Received Dec 18 1892 Ans’d Dec 29th 1892 Dear Sir: We have your letter of the 5th inst requesting us to deliver you all the deeds, papers & c which we have belonging to you. As you are probably aware, Mr. Eaton who had special charge of the transactions of this firm on your behalf, is still abroad; and in his absence it may not be possible for us to collect the papers referred to with perfect certainty as to which belong to you and which do not. We shall immediately make the endeavor, however, and do the best that we can towards accomplishing your request. In the meantime, however, it will greatly facilitate our examination and our compliance with your request, if you will send us a list of the papers which we hold for you, together with a reference to the dates of such receipts of ours, which you hold covering such papers. Major Eaton will be away only a short time longer and it would be more satisfactory to us on all accounts, to have him dal with this matter himself, particularly as your relations to the firm were rather more personal relations to him than otherwise. Still, if in the meantine, you have use for any specific papers, and will let us know what they are, we will make every effort to find them among his papers and to let you have them upon your receipt, and we shall also await the list which you prepare as above suggested. Trusting that this will be satisfactory, we beg to remain Very truly yours, Eaton + Lewis