This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the maintenance of Seminole Lodge, Edison's winter home in Fort Myers, Florida. Included are property tax receipts; correspondence about the shipment of machinery to Fort Myers; and two undated ground plans of the Fort Myers property showing the location of Edison's residence and laboratory along with the residence of his associate Ezra T. Gilliland.
Approximately 50 percent of the documents have been selected. The following categories of documents have not been selected: routine correspondence pertaining to the shipment of equipment and supplies for the Fort Myers laboratory; bills of lading; routine receipts for labor and supplies for the properties owned by Edison and Gilliland.
[D8745AAA], Letter from Legrand Parish to Thomas Alva Edison, January 10th, 1887 1887-01-10
[D8745AAB], Letter from Combination Gas Machine Co to Thomas Alva Edison, January 15th, 1887 1887-01-15
[D8745AAD], Letter from Eimer and Amend to Thomas Alva Edison, January 26th, 1887 1887-01-26
[D8745AAE], Letter from Legrand Parish to Thomas Alva Edison, February 4th, 1887 1887-02-04
[D8745AAF], Bill/Receipt from Monroe County (Florida). Revenue Collector to Thomas Alva Edison, February 1st, 1887 1887-02-01
[D8745AAG], Bill/Receipt from Lee County (Florida). Revenue Collector to Thomas Alva Edison, November 25th, 1887 1887-11-25
[D8745AAH], Maps and Plans, Seminole Lodge and Fort Myers, 1887 1887-00-00