[LB061471], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to George Griffith, April 5th, 1895
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Title
[LB061471], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to George Griffith, April 5th, 1895
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Date
1895-04-05
Type
Folder/Volume ID
LB061-F
Microfilm ID
143:738
Document ID
LB061471
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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April 5th 95
Geo Griffith Esq-
515 Locust Street
Philadelphia
Penna
Dear Sir:-
In reply to your favor of the 2nd inst., I beg to state that the Company was ruined before I took hold of it and we could do nothing that would save it. The whole thing was sold out the other day and for not enough to pay the creditors thirty cents on a dollar leaving the Stockholders nothing. I not only lost all I got for patents but about Fifty thousand dollars besides.
Yours truly
Thos A. Edison
R[andolph]
Geo Griffith Esq-
515 Locust Street
Philadelphia
Penna
Dear Sir:-
In reply to your favor of the 2nd inst., I beg to state that the Company was ruined before I took hold of it and we could do nothing that would save it. The whole thing was sold out the other day and for not enough to pay the creditors thirty cents on a dollar leaving the Stockholders nothing. I not only lost all I got for patents but about Fifty thousand dollars besides.
Yours truly
Thos A. Edison
R[andolph]