[SB019010d], Clipping, Wilmington (Del.) Journal, January 19th, 1889
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- Title
- [SB019010d], Clipping, Wilmington (Del.) Journal, January 19th, 1889
- Bibliographic Citation
- "The Wizard Swindled", Wilmington (Del.) Journal, January 19th, 1889
- Editor's Notes
- TAE has lost $250,000 principally through the negligence of a man he made wealthy. Tomlinson was a struggling lawyer before TAE hired him. After this, Tomlinson became very successful and famous in New York as a patent lawyer. Gilliland and Tomlinson were tasked with finding a buyer for the phonograph. They reported a sale of $500,000 but TAE later found out that it was actually $750,000. Tomlinson had charged not less than $62500 to draw up a bill of sale. TAE was loath to believe he could have been tricked by a friend. TAE has severed relations with Tomlinson and Gilliland.
- 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
- Author
- Wilmington (Del.) Journal
- Mentioned
- Drexel Morgan & Co
- North American Phonograph Co
- Cheever, Charles Augustus
- Wright, James Hood
- Gilliland, Ezra Torrance
- Johnson, Edward Hibberd
- Lippincott, Jesse H
- Tomlinson, John Canfield
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Smithers, Francis Sydney
- Date
- 1889-01-19
- Type
- Clipping
- Folder ID
- SB019-F
- Microfilm ID
- 146:184
- Document ID
- SB019010d
- 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