[X098A034], Telegram from Thomas Alva Edison to William Joseph Hammer, May 20th, 1889
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[X098A034], Telegram from Thomas Alva Edison to William Joseph Hammer, May 20th, 1889
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Company to which sold phonograph negotiated at same time for purchase of Graphophone whos owners knw that if both interests were une one control and choice of machines left impartially [hole in paper] competition their instrument would be ignore and their fact[ory] [hole in paper] great loss Consequently therefore to save themselves they exacte[d from pur]chasing company a fixed sum on each phonograph not as royalty but [hole in paper]ration for a [com]mercial transaction and to make up the loss they anticipated in combin[ing?] [inven]tors statement not correct regarding wax graphophones have been [damaged paper] everywhere for want of utility whole thing absolutely dead [ju]st as they expected Edison
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1889-05-20
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X098A-F
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X098A034
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Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University