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[LB029483], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to William Joseph Hammer, May 20th, 1889

Title: [LB029483], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to William Joseph Hammer, May 20th, 1889
Editor's Notes: "I beg to confirm the following cablegrams received from you and sent by me:- ### EDISON, N.Y. May 18, 1889 'Do you agree to arrangement with French Company or do you prefer to remain independent? See letter April 30th to Upton. HAMMER' ### NEWARK, PARIS May 18, 1889 'Sent long cable sixteenth. Did you get it? French Co. Arrangement all right, but give them his phonographs, they paying experts. Edison.' ### EDISON, N.Y. May 20, 1889 'Cable received. French Company can use only one. French Telephone Co. anxious to show in special building near Tower. Can make special arrangements. I advise it. HAMMER.' ### NEWARK, PARIS May 20, 1889 'All right as to French Telephone Co. Edison." Yours truly, [signed] TAE
Author: Edison, Thomas Alva
Recipient: Hammer, William Joseph
Mentioned: Exhibition. Paris Universal (1889); Upton, Francis Robbins
Date: 1889-05-20
Type: Letter
Subject: Expositions, demonstrations, lectures; Cylinder phonograph
Folder ID: LB029-F
Microfilm ID: 139:186
Document ID: LB029483
URL: https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/LB029483
Rights: Thomas Edison National Historical Park
Publisher: Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
Has Version: Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 139

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