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Title

[MBLB2058], Letter from Charles Batchelor to Edward Hibberd Johnson, December 17th, 1879

Editor's Notes

Your letters of Dec 5 and 6 received and immediately calbed you `Much more than London, Lancanshire Glasgow.' I shall send you Edisons this morning sometime-- I mean by mine that we hae got over all three of the difficulties that you suggest and have it now absolutely in hand-- I have light up Edison's house brilliantly and run his sewing machine also worked his pump for tank all but one & have stood on Laboratory verandah & put the whole place in darkness or lighted it up instantly at will by a switch [This?] has been seen by our own parties and the consequence is you cannot buy a share of the stock for $1000-- The economy is perfect far more than we ever thought If you could but see the lamp--so simple so cheap so good I am not going to give it away as [?] but you shall know at f[illegible for most of the next sentence or so but probably can be read from original] houses and stores & field lamps and let them see for themselves You know I am not over sanguine and [not given] to be in raptures over anything but I tell you that this is a very big thing and we have it right in our hand If you want any information I will do everything I can-- If you should want to calbe me cable Batchelor New York I will register there today I think G particulary mean in these matters-- I pay for these cables so that Griff or anyone else will not see them.

Author

Batchelor, Charles

Recipient

Johnson, Edward Hibberd

Mentioned

Griffin, Stockton L

Edison, Thomas Alva

Date

1879-12-17

Type

Letter

Subject

Stocks, bonds, and investments

Telephone

Electric light and power

Folder ID

MBLB2-F

Microfilm ID

93:272

Document ID

MBLB2058

URL

https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/MBLB2058

Rights

Thomas Edison National Historical Park

Publisher

Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University

License

CC0 1.0 Universal

Has Version

Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 93

Item sets

[MBLB2-F] Cat. 1330 (1878-1879, 1885)