601/646
CFW
November 13th, 1891.
Thomas R. Lombard Esq., Vice President,
The North American Phonograph Company,

14 & 16 Morris Street,
Jersey City, N.J.
Dear Mr. Lombard:-
The Edison Phonograph Works have referred to me your letter to them under date of the 10th instant, in regard to the records which were used at the Montreal Exhibition. Don’t you think that you are a little wide of the mark when you state that neither your Company nor your agents were in any way the recipients of any of the benefits accruing from the Exhibition? It was certainly one of the best Exhibitions which has ever been given on the Phonograph, and, if the people who are directly interested in merchandising this instrument received no benefit from it, it is a very serious reflection upon the enterprise itself. I think that your statement is a very hasty one, and that if taken more time to consider the subject you would not have made it. So far as the records themselves are concerned, we can settle that matter at once—they can be returned and we will give you credit for them at the prices which were originally charged. So far as any other material is concerned, we will credit it at a fair valuation in view of the condition in which it is received at the Factory
Yours very truly,
A.O. Tate
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