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[D9226AAI], Letter from Grosvenor Porter Lowrey to Edison and Swan United Electric Light Co Ltd, Samuel Flood Page, July 26th, 1892
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July 23, 1892 
 
Dear Sir: 
I am to-day in receipt of the Ninth Annual Report of your Company, together with an enclosure of blank proxy, to vote at the general [illegible word] of the 18th of July, and note with interest “this proxy, to be available at the meeting, should be sent to the Secretary so as to reach him not later than by the first post on Saturday morning, 10th of July, 1892.” A reference to the Report led me to look for a copy of the Articles of the Association, but I find that if I ever had any, it has been mislaid. I received inquiries from Mr. Edison lately which make it desirable that I should read those articles, and I would be glad if you would send me a copy if they were printed. You would be glad to hear the expression of your opinion upon the question of whether B. shares are worth anything, or are over to be worth anything. 
It has been unpleasantly intimated to me what the Company has been managed with the purpose of expending funds which B. share holders had a right to see divided in the erection of the factories, etc., which after the expiration of the patent, will enable the A. shareholders to continue to receive their income, but which will probably give nothing whatever to B. shares. 
I shall forward a copy of this letter to Mr. Edison and another to Mr. J. hood Wright, who is now in Europe. 
Very truly yours, 
Grosvenor Porter Lowrey 
Maj. Samuel Flood Page,				 
The Edison-Swan United Electric Light Company, 
100 Victoria Street, London, S.W.

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