[HM89AAC], Letter from Sherburne Blake Eaton to Thomas Alva Edison, January 15th, 1889
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[HM89AAC], Letter from Sherburne Blake Eaton to Thomas Alva Edison, January 15th, 1889
Editor's Notes
The arrangement for my services as your attorney I undestand to be this:##(1) Whenever requested by you, I am to serve you professionally as your personal counsel and legal adviser, and am to be paid therefor an annual retainer of $2,000., payable monthly, beginning as of September 18, 1888. This retainer is to cover all my cash disbursements of every kind, including traveling expenses to and from Orange, stenographic and typewriting charges, telegrams, postage and all ordinary cash outlay. Whether or not I am to receive from time to time any other and further compensation is to be left entirely to your discretion, it being, however, understood that you are to remember me to such an extent as you may think proper when apportioning your staff extra reward or compensation I am willing to leave this entirely to you.##(2) Litigated business, including for instance your claim against Gilliland and Tomlinson, is to be excluded from the above compensation. For that class of work I am to be paid such fair and reasonable compensation, without regard to the above arrangement, as may be proper. I do not anticipate that you will ever have any fault to find with my bills in this regard, but if you do, I am quite willing to leave this also to you, your decision to be final.##(3) Whenever a question arises, as to whether in any particular matter, services and disbursements are to be considered as appertaining to yourself and to be covered by the said $2,000., or whether they are to be considered as proper charges against a third party, your decision is final.##(4) All services and disbursements of my firm are included in the above arrangement, this letter covering their work and outlay just as if done by me. This is to say, I will take care of my firm, out of what I get.##(5) Should any dissatisfaction arise between us, either party may terminate this arrangement on three months written notice.##I send you two copies of this letter. If the letter meets your approval, please write your name at the bottom of both copies, and then return one to me, and file the other away among your own papers.##Hoping this will prove satisfactory to you, as it is to me, I remain, dear sir, Very truly yours S. B. Eaton##<Mr. Edison accepted this proposition January 24th 1888 A.O.T.>
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Date
1889-01-15
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Subject
Folder/Volume ID
HM89-F
Microfilm ID
144:183
Document ID
HM89AAC
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University