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[LB061219], Letter from George Edward Gouraud to Thomas Alva Edison, August 31st, 1894
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#3 Whitehall Court, 
London, 
31 August 1894.
COPY. 
T. A. Edison, Esq., 
Orange, 
New Jersey,
Dear sir:-
I beg to confirm the following cables.  
28 Aug. 1894.  
To me  
“Parties here want to buy some or all your machines will receive you at cost whole thing. Answer. “ 
Edison 
28 Aug. 1894.,  
To you  
“Will cancel everything on you personally repaying all I have paid you and releasing balance deposited Morgans cable reply.” 
Gouraud.
30 Aug. 1894.  
To me  
“ Offer accepted“. 
Edison. 
31 Aug. 1894.  
To you  
“Pay amount repayable and write them freeing balance deposited”.  
Gouraud. 
I presume that ere this reaches you, you will have paid to my credit at Drexel, Morgan & Co. the amount I have paid upon you on account of the Kinetoscopes, and notified them that the balance of the $10.000. deposited by me with them under the terms of your letter of 29th. June last, is subject to my order, 
(Signed )  G. E. Gouraud.

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