This folder contains correspondence from insurance agents requesting Edison to purchase personal and business insurance policies. Among the documents are several letters from agent John H. Wood pertaining to policies for the West Orange laboratory and for the land and buildings at Menlo Park. Also included is a letter regarding Edison's settlement on a horse carriage accident in which he was involved.
Approximately 20 percent of the documents have been selected. The following categories of documents have not been selected: routine correspondence from insurance agents; routine documents pertaining to Edison's personal, Menlo Park, and West Orange insurance policies.
[D8817AAA], Letter from John H Wood to Charles Batchelor, January 24th, 1888 1888-01-24
[D8817AAB], Letter from John H Wood to Alfred Ord Tate, February 11th, 1888 1888-02-11
[D8817AAC], Letter from John H Wood to Alfred Ord Tate, August 4th, 1888 1888-08-04
[D8817AAD], Letter from Manhattan Life Insurance Co, Sylvester Judd to Thomas Alva Edison, December 10th, 1888 1888-12-10