[LB051778], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Thomas Alva Edison, December 9th, 1891
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Title
[LB051778], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Thomas Alva Edison, December 9th, 1891
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Date
1891-12-09
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LB051-F
Microfilm ID
142:687
Document ID
LB051778
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Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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CPW
December, 9th, 91.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Care New Jersey & Penn Con. Works,
Ogdensburgh, New Jersey.
My Dear Mr. Edison:-
I enclose herewith for your information an analysis of our battery sales for the month of October, which averaged about $800.00 per week. You will find that these are all representative concerns, and that our trade is splendidly distributed all over the United States. There are no individual purchases which are very large, but the measures which I have taken to increase these sales, will I know be very effective. When you return to Orange I will give you a full knowledge of this new plan, and I am perfectly satisfied that you will heartily approve of it. We have got the business working in good shape, and we have no bad accounts on our books. We make a thorough investigation before opening any new account. If you read the statements which I send you weekly you will know that our collections are kept up to the mark. We have to sell on ninety days time. The amount of our accounts receivable is about $9,000.00; this in itself shows that we do not run behind on our collections.
Yours very truly,
A.O. Tate
Private Secretary.
Enc. C. 90.
CPW
December, 9th, 91.
Thomas A. Edison, Esq.,
Care New Jersey & Penn Con. Works,
Ogdensburgh, New Jersey.
My Dear Mr. Edison:-
I enclose herewith for your information an analysis of our battery sales for the month of October, which averaged about $800.00 per week. You will find that these are all representative concerns, and that our trade is splendidly distributed all over the United States. There are no individual purchases which are very large, but the measures which I have taken to increase these sales, will I know be very effective. When you return to Orange I will give you a full knowledge of this new plan, and I am perfectly satisfied that you will heartily approve of it. We have got the business working in good shape, and we have no bad accounts on our books. We make a thorough investigation before opening any new account. If you read the statements which I send you weekly you will know that our collections are kept up to the mark. We have to sell on ninety days time. The amount of our accounts receivable is about $9,000.00; this in itself shows that we do not run behind on our collections.
Yours very truly,
A.O. Tate
Private Secretary.
Enc. C. 90.