[D9241ABQ], Letter from George N Morison to Stephen Fossa Moriarty, June 10th, 1892
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Letterhead of Edison United Phonograph Company June 10th, 1892, S.F. Moriarty Esq., London, England. My dear Mr. Moriarty:- We have forwarded a letter to the Foreign Committee, from A. Gobhart, St. Petersburg, Russia., dated May 18th, 1892, by which you will see that he is in possession of the Phonograph furnished by us to Professor Herz, on certain conditions embodied in an Agreement made with this Company, dated April 1st, 1891, a copy of which we enclose. We have advised the Foreign Committee to confer with you before making reply. The Phonograph Convention is to be held in Chicago next week, and Mr. Tate, and Mr. Butler are both going out there, I will write you whatever information, we receive in regard to it. The Phonograph Works have just received another order from The North American Phonograph Co:, for 100 Machines, and they have supplied that Company within the last eight months, with 900 Phonographs. Mr. Tate says that he expects to fix up all the Grapho phones now at the Works something like Two thousand or Twenty five hundred (most of them having come from the North American Co: and sell them for $50. each. Yours very truly, [Signed] G.N. Morison, Secretary. New York April 1st 1891 Received from Professor Serge Herz, of No. II Nevski Prospect, St. Petersburg, Russia, the sum of One Thousand Dollars ($1000.) in full payment for one “M” Phonograph No. 4231 complete, with certain extras and supplies enumerated below. The said Phonograph is sold and purchased on the understanding, and it is hereby agreed, that it is to be used only by Professor Herz at his place of residence or business in Russia for the purpose of prosecuting his investigations in connection with his theories of sound as explained to the Officers of the Company. Any violation of the above conditions will constitute a breach of contract, as well as a breach of faith, and will entitle the Company, through its agents, to take possession of the said Phonograph wherever it may be found. It is understood that when the Company is ready to deliver to the public in Russia the later improved Phonographs, which Professor Herz has seen, that Professor Herz shall be offered the opportunity of exchanging the Phonograph first above referred to, for one of the style last above referred to. I agree to the foregoing [Signed] Serge de Herz Edison United Phonograph Co: [Signed] G.N. Morison, Secretary Witness to both of above signatures [Signed] M.P. Caffe [Signed] G.E. Gouraud