[LB048330], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to John William Lieb, Societa Generale Italiana di Elettricita, March 27th, 1891
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March 27, 1891. J.W. Lieb, Esq., Societa Generale Italiana di Elettricita Sistema Edison, Milan Italy. Dear Sir:- Mr. Edison has asked me to acknowledge the receipt of your letter to him dated 8th instant, with relation t to an exhibit of talking dolls at the Children’s Exposition which is to be held at Milan in May next. Mr. Edison fears that it will be entirely impracticable for him to comply with the request of the Managing Committee in this connection, much as he would like to do so. We have not, however, at the present time one talking doll in the Laboratory which is in working order. The toy phonograph business is at present tied up in litigation, and the manufacture of speaking mechanisms has been suspended for several months. At the same time Mr. Edison desires me to say to you that he will endeavor to obtain a couple of speaking dolls, and if he succeeds in procuring them, he will send the same to you by Mr. Phillip S. Dyer, who is expected to visit America very shortly. Yours very truly, (Signed A.O. Tate) Private Secretary.