[SB019025b], Clipping, Chicago Tribune, May 12th, 1889
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[SB019025b], Clipping, Chicago Tribune, May 12th, 1889
Editor's Notes
"Edison Says He Was Swindled", Chicago Tribune. A bill in equity was today led by TAE against Gilliland and Tomlinson. TAE wants the the court to compel the two to make an "accounting to him and reveal the facts about the negotiation of the stock of the phonograph company and a contract for the sale and use of the invention." TAE says he was told by the two that they could sell the contract for $250,000. Eventually, $1.2 million of phonograph stock was sold for $500,000, Gilliland and Tomlinson received $250,000, according to TAE.
Author
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Date
1889-05-12
Type
Folder/Volume ID
SB019-F
Microfilm ID
146:191
Document ID
SB019025b
Publisher
Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University