[LB015329], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Charles H Collagan, February 16th, 1883
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Title
[LB015329], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Charles H Collagan, February 16th, 1883
Editor's Notes
Referring to yours of 5th inst.##It would be a very difficult matter for me to fix the precise date that I first conceived the idea of lighting by electricity on any system similar to my parent one. The various details of my system are not the work of a day or year but of very gradual development and I may say the subject has had more or less of my thoughts for several years past.##It is about four years since I practically lighted several buildings with current from one general source
Author
Recipient
Date
1883-02-16
Type
Folder/Volume ID
LB015-F
Microfilm ID
82:174
Document ID
LB015329
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University