[LB058318], Letter from Thomas Maguire (Edison Employee) to Harry Frederick Miller, November 4th, 1893
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Title
[LB058318], Letter from Thomas Maguire (Edison Employee) to Harry Frederick Miller, November 4th, 1893
Recipient
Mentioned
Date
1893-11-04
Type
Folder/Volume ID
LB058-F
Microfilm ID
143:412
Document ID
LB058318
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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November 4, 1893.
My dear Harry,-
Mr. Tate received your letter of 2nd instant, in regard to a phonograph which you are desirous of obtaining for use at home. He says that this is all right and you have his permission to seize a machine, such as you describe, and take it to your domicile, where I trust it will be productive of much pleasure. Mr. Tate suggests that you consult with your brother at the Works and ask him to see if he cannot find an instrument there that would be suitable for your purpose.
When you get the machine, Harry, one of the very first things you should do is to secure a record of "Phonograph’s" bark. The individual who would take such a record to the Dog Show which is held annually in New York and reproduce it there would make a fortune. A photograph of the pup displayed kinetographically would enhance the effect. The bark of this colossally impudent-diminutive quadruped is so melodiously mellifluous as to be worthy of preservation for transmission to canine posterity. Long may it be spared to wag its little tail and contribute to the general harmony of the community where it is tolerated.
Yours truly,
Thomas Maguire
Harry F. Miller, Esq.,
The Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.
My dear Harry,-
Mr. Tate received your letter of 2nd instant, in regard to a phonograph which you are desirous of obtaining for use at home. He says that this is all right and you have his permission to seize a machine, such as you describe, and take it to your domicile, where I trust it will be productive of much pleasure. Mr. Tate suggests that you consult with your brother at the Works and ask him to see if he cannot find an instrument there that would be suitable for your purpose.
When you get the machine, Harry, one of the very first things you should do is to secure a record of "Phonograph’s" bark. The individual who would take such a record to the Dog Show which is held annually in New York and reproduce it there would make a fortune. A photograph of the pup displayed kinetographically would enhance the effect. The bark of this colossally impudent-diminutive quadruped is so melodiously mellifluous as to be worthy of preservation for transmission to canine posterity. Long may it be spared to wag its little tail and contribute to the general harmony of the community where it is tolerated.
Yours truly,
Thomas Maguire
Harry F. Miller, Esq.,
The Edison Laboratory,
Orange, N. J.