[D9211AJZ], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Thomas Alva Edison, December 14th, 1892
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December 14, 1892. My dear Mr. Edison,- Have you any objection to letting Maguire work with, giving such time as he can spare from Laboratory work. As you know, I have a very large amount of detail work to handle and it is absolutely necessary for me to have some one to assist me. Maguire has been with us so long that he understands thoroughly the ramifications of your business, and I can get through more work with him in an hour than I could in a week with a fresh man. You are paying twenty-five dollars per week. If you will assent to this arrangement, you can pay him $12.50 per week and I will have the North American Co. pay the balance. This will not in any way interfere with your work – in fact it will facilitate it, because Maguire will be able to use the phonograph, and we have boys who run the typewriter. It is a waste of Maguire’s time to have him pounding the typewriter. I want to make useful the knowledge which he has acquired in our business. Yours very truly,