[LB063537], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to German National Bank, June 5th, 1899
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Title
[LB063537], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to German National Bank, June 5th, 1899
Author
Recipient
Date
1899-06-05
Type
Folder/Volume ID
LB063-F
Microfilm ID
143:1013
Document ID
LB063537
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
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June 5th, 1899
Edison M. Douglas Esq President,
German National Bank
Newark N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly purchase for me the following Bonds.
[Ten.?] Four percent Bonds of the Union Pacific R.R. Co per value one thousand dollars [illegible] at 100% to be registered in name of Mrs. Mary V. Miller Akron Ohio
Eight. Four percent Bonds of the Northern Pacific R.R. Co Prior Lien [illegible] value one thousand dollars cash at 106 ¼ to be registered in the name of Mary V. Miller Akron Ohio
Nine. Thousand one half percent Bonds of the New York Central and Hudson’s Rain Lake Shore Collateral Bonds at 102 ½ per vale one thousand dollars [illegible]. To be registered in the name of Miss Mary V. Miller Akron Ohio
You will notice that I have placed a price on the Bonds but of course I want to get them as much lower as possible.
Kindly charge same to my account and advise me when purchased and greatly oblige.
Yours truly
Thomas A. Edison
Edison M. Douglas Esq President,
German National Bank
Newark N.J.
Dear Sir:-
Will you kindly purchase for me the following Bonds.
[Ten.?] Four percent Bonds of the Union Pacific R.R. Co per value one thousand dollars [illegible] at 100% to be registered in name of Mrs. Mary V. Miller Akron Ohio
Eight. Four percent Bonds of the Northern Pacific R.R. Co Prior Lien [illegible] value one thousand dollars cash at 106 ¼ to be registered in the name of Mary V. Miller Akron Ohio
Nine. Thousand one half percent Bonds of the New York Central and Hudson’s Rain Lake Shore Collateral Bonds at 102 ½ per vale one thousand dollars [illegible]. To be registered in the name of Miss Mary V. Miller Akron Ohio
You will notice that I have placed a price on the Bonds but of course I want to get them as much lower as possible.
Kindly charge same to my account and advise me when purchased and greatly oblige.
Yours truly
Thomas A. Edison