[D9241ACC], Letter from Sherburne Blake Eaton to Thomas Alva Edison, August 17th, 1892
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Letterhead of Eaton & Lewis Law Offices August 17, 1892 Thomas A. Edison, Esq., Orange, New Jersey. Dear Sir: I am in receipt of your favor of the 15th inst. Enclosing letter of the Edison United Phonograph Co. together with a new Power of Attorney in regard to New Zealand application for patent, Case 96. The new Power of Attorney does not differ from the one executed by you under date of January 30th, 1892, except that it describes the application. You will probably remember that I advised you in relation to the old Power of Attorney that it did not reserve your rights for dolls, toys, toy figures and clocks, and acting under my advice, you declined to deliver it to the Edison United Phonograph Co. until they had given their written promise to deliver to you an exclusive free license for dolls, etc., upon the granting of the patent. This promise was delivered by the Company, upon which you authorized me to deliver the document to them. I would suggest, therefore, that you execute the new Power of Attorney, in accordance with the directions contained in Mr. Morison’s letter to you of August 10th, and then return the documents to me, with authority to deliver it to the E.U.P Co. on receiving from them a written promise similar to that given before. I return herewith the Powers of Attorney and the letter of Mr. Morison above named. Trusting the above will be satisfactory, I remain. Very truly yours, [Signed] S.B. Eaton