This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the business affairs of various regional sales companies under contract with the North American Phonograph Co. Some of the letters pertain to Edison's financial arrangements with the Chicago Central Phonograph Co., which held the phonograph sales rights for the World's Columbian Exposition. There are also accounts and royalty statements for the New York Phonograph Co.
All of the documents have been selected except for 2 routine letters of transmittal and acknowledgment and 13 pages of routine sales accounts for the New York Phonograph Co.
[D9436AAA], Report from New York Phonograph Co, January 1st, 1894 1894-01-01
[D9436AAB], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to John F Randolph, January 19th, 1894 1894-01-19
[D9436AAC], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to Thomas Alva Edison, March 20th, 1894 1894-03-20
[D9436AAD], Letter from Richard Townley Haines, New York Phonograph Co to Charles Augustus Cheever, August 2nd, 1894 1894-08-02
[D9436AAD1], Letter from Columbia Phonograph Co, R F Cromelin to United States Phonograph Co (Newark), October 20th, 1894 1894-10-20
[D9436AAE], Letter from John F Randolph to Thomas Alva Edison, October 23rd, 1894 1894-10-23
[D9436AAF], Letter from Alfred Ord Tate to John F Randolph, October 22nd, 1894 1894-10-22