[LB055576], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to New Jersey and Pennsylvania Concentrating Works, William S Perry, February 25th, 1892
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Feby. 25th 1892. W. S. Perry, Esq., Treas. New Jersey & Penn’a. Conc. Works, Edison Building NY. Dear Sir: I beg to confirm telephone message of this date. Please look up in the Directory of the Iron Industry included by Steel & Iron Assn. Philadelphia the addresses of all the [illegible text] around and including Knoxville and [eastward?] to Norfolk Va; They are buying Lake Superior high grade ore for fix. [Illegible text] pays fourteen dollars per ton delivered and then have to ground it up. You might need [illegible text] in [illegible text] to [each?] [illegible text] [illegible text] at [illegible text] & [illegible text] agrarian roughly about [illegible text] here. We [could?] [illegible text] of about 50 & 75 tons a day I [illegible text]. Thos A Edison