[SB019014c], Clipping, New Britain Herald, January 19th, 1889
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- Title
- [SB019014c], Clipping, New Britain Herald, January 19th, 1889
- Bibliographic Citation
- "The Wizard Swindled", New Britain Herald, January 19th, 1889
- Editor's Notes
- The story that TAE had been swindled out of $250,000 has been verified. The article describes Tomlinson's beginnings under TAE and the trasaction regarding the sale of the phonograph patent. The article then describes the ensuing investigation and the process of dismissing Tomlinson from the Electric Light Co.
- 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
- New Britain Herald
- Mentioned
- Drexel Morgan & Co
- North American Phonograph Co
- Cheever, Charles Augustus
- Gilliland, Ezra Torrance
- Johnson, Edward Hibberd
- Lippincott, Jesse H
- Tomlinson, John Canfield
- Edison, Thomas Alva
- Date
- 1889-01-19
- Type
- Clipping
- Folder ID
- SB019-F
- Microfilm ID
- 146:186
- Document ID
- SB019014c
- 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