[LB039429], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Edison Phonograph Works, April 10th, 1890
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April 10, 1890 Edison Phonograph Works, Orange, N.J. Dear Sirs:- Will you please have prepared at once, for presentation to the Emperor of Germany, two (2) latest type Water-Motor Phonographs, one of which is to be mounted and have a plate attached, with the following inscription: "This phonograph is presented to William 11, Emperor of Germany, by its inventor, Edison." Send with these phonographs, twenty (20) first class musical records, and fifty (50) blank phonograms. Advise me when the above is ready for shipment. Yours truly, Thos A. Edison