[SB019003a], Clipping, Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, January 18th, 1889
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- Title
- [SB019003a], Clipping, Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, January 18th, 1889
- Bibliographic Citation
- "Part of the Proceeds: For the Phonograph Said to Have Been Bagged by Lawyers", Pittsburgh Chronicle Telegraph, January 18th, 1889
- Editor's Notes
- "The Herald" reports that TAE puts the phonograph patent in the hands of Tomlinson and Gilliland. After much negotiation, the two were able to find a buyer for the patent, Mr. Lippincott, who offered $500,000. TAE inquired if they could get more and if the two made any arrangements on their own behalf. TAE later found out that Lippincott had actually offered $750,000 and that TAE and Gilliland had pocketed the balance. The Electric Light Co. later dismissed Tomlinson.
- Thomas Edison accuses late legal adviser John C. Tomlinson and electrician/inventor Ezra T. Gilliland of cheating him out of $250,000 in the sale of the phonograph
- Mentioned
- New York Herald
- Edison Electric Light Co
- Gilliland, Ezra Torrance
- Lippincott, Jesse H
- Tomlinson, John Canfield
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1889-01-18
- Type
- Clipping
- Folder ID
- SB019-F
- Microfilm ID
- 146:181
- Document ID
- SB019003a
- Publisher
- Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University
- Has Version
- Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 146
- Item sets
- [SB019-F] Cat. 1160