[LB052050], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to William Kennedy Laurie Dickson, August 27th, 1891
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Aug. 27, 1891. W. K. L. Dickson, Esq., Edison Laboratory, Orange, N.J. Dear Sir:- Mr. J. I. C. Clarke, Managing Editor of THE MORNING JOURNAL, has referred to Mr. Edison your letter to him under date 11th instant, in which you demand a royalty for the use by the MORNING JOURNAL of the photograph of Mr. Edison, copy of which appeared in their issue of two or three weeks ago. Mr. Edison desires me to direct your attention to the fact that this photograph was made in his Laboratory, with his instruments, and by one of his own salaried employees, namely, yourself, and that you have no more right to claim copyright upon it than any other member of the Laboratory staff. Mr. Edison desires you to address a communication to Mr. Clarke withdrawing your letter under date 11th instant and stating that you were in error when you applied to him for the remuneration in question. At the same time please furnish Mr. Edison with a copy of the communication which he has requested you to write. Yours very truly, Private Sec’y.