[D9241ABS], Letter from George N Morison to Stephen Fossa Moriarty, June 28th, 1892
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Letterhead of Edison United Phonograph Company June 28th, 1892, S.F. Moriarty Esq., London, England. My dear Mr. Moriarty:- I have just leased a Phonograph for ten years for Nine hundred Dollars ($900.) to J.Parada Leal, who is Chief of Police in Colon, Colombia, and he informs me that a machine has been brought there from New Orleans, Louisiana, (which we know), but giving us his name as a Mr. Kunts, and for which he paid Six hundred Dollars ($600.), he, Mr. Leal, however preferred to come here to secure one, as I had been negotiating with his brother, and he thought there was something not exactly right about it. He also informed me that a man by the name of M.B. Haskel, Guayakill, Ecuador, claimed the agency from this Company for Colombia, Ecuador and Peru, this party I know nothing of. I enclose you the name of an Arab, which interpreted means James Rosedale, the Arabic characters for the name are written above it; this man wants a Phonograph to take to Palestine, I have given him your address, and he will shortly call at the Edison House to see you, he is a man of intelligence, and speaks thirteen languages fluently, and doubts the ability of this Company to prevents his using a machine bought outright in Canada. He has consulted one or two lawyers on that point, and was offered a machine in Canada for $70. with a battery of one charge, but I do not believe any such offer was made, it is too cheap, however I have demonstrated to him that he would not feel satisfied in using a machine, in Palestine, contrary to the interest of this Company. And infringing upon their rights, he has therefore decided to run the chance of been able to obtain one through the Foreign Committee. You will find that he knows a good many people that you know. I enclose the only notice that I have seen in regard to the advertising machines in this City. Yours very truly, [Signed] G.N. Morison, Secretary