[D9209AAK], Letter from Thomas Maguire (Edison Employee) to Thomas Alva Edison, March 1892
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keeps him all the whole. Between keeping people outside of the family and his taxes and his loss of power to estimate profit and loss he can scarcely make ends meet with the generous monthly payments you send. I beg therefore that you will instruct Mr. Tate to do the same as last year by forwarding to my wife the same as last year as you can manage things better than I can. That note is protested and I must prevent any further expense. We left the Port Huron together on January 18th just 40 days ago. Say you send it, it will be very timeous. I reman yours truly Ja Symington Note re the attached from Mr. Symington. When your father was last at the Laboratory he told Johnnie Randolph that he desired all remittances sent direct to him instead of to Mr. Symington, and he requested Johnnie to refer to him for his approval all requests for money that might be received from Symington. The check referred to was sent to your father, as he wants to pay all moneys to Symington himself. M.