This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business of the Edison Manufacturing Co. Included is a circular announcing an improvement in the Edison-Lalande battery and a consequent revision in the discounts offered to jobbers. There is also a letter assigning the company exclusive sales rights to a socket invented by Joseph Hutchinson, formerly of the Edison General Electric Co., and a letter concerning proposed changes in the bookkeeping system. Most of the letters are addressed to Alfred O. Tate, general manager. Some of the documents may be partially illegible due to faded ink or water damage.
Approximately 10 percent of the documents have been selected. Most of the unselected documents concern the payment of routine bills. Also not selected is correspondence regarding storage battery experiments conducted by Victor H. Ernst in Jersey City, N.J. In addition, nonsubstantive letters regarding shipments, orders, and other routine business matters have not been selected.
[D9220AAA], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Thomas Alva Edison, January 13th, 1892 1892-01-13
[D9220AAB], Letter from Edison Manufacturing Co, January 13th, 1892 1892-01-13
[D9220AAC], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to West Orange Laboratory, September 13th, 1892 1892-09-13
[D9220AAD], Letter from Joseph Hutchinson to Alfred Ord Tate, September 29th, 1892 1892-09-29
[D9220AAE], Letter from Eaton and Lewis to Alfred Ord Tate, October 18th, 1892 1892-10-18
[D9220AAF], Letter from Eaton and Lewis to Alfred Ord Tate, October 27th, 1892 1892-10-27
[D9220AAG], Letter from Scott Tremain to Alfred Ord Tate, October 28th, 1892 1892-10-28
[D9220AAH], Letter from Scott Tremain to Alfred Ord Tate, November 29th, 1892 1892-11-29
[D9220AAI], Memorandum, Edison Manufacturing Co, 1892 1892-00-00