[D9211AAF], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to William Emerson Damon, June 24th, 1892
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June 24, 1892. Dear Mr. Damon, Your letter of 21st instant is before me. I am told that the Cray instrument is working very well. Mr. Gray is not the original inventor of the method of telegraphing embodied in the Telautograph, the principle employed in some having been first discovered by one Cowper of London. I think such an instrument, if perfect, would be a very good thing; but it seems to me that with the Western Union Telegraph Co. on one side and the Bell Telephone people on the other, no matter how perfect the instrument might be the financial results would not be very great. The next time I am in New York I will call on you and tell you a good story. Yours very truly, W.E. Damon, Esq., New York.