This folder contains correspondence and other documents by and about Edison's family. Included are letters regarding the monthly stipends paid to Margaret Stilwell, Edison's former mother-in-law, and to Helen Holihan (Nellie) Edison, the widow of his brother, William Pitt. Included also are a request for money from James Symington, the longtime friend of Edison's late father, Samuel; and letters from Edison's niece, Nellie Edison Poyer, inviting Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and William Leslie Edison to spend the summer in Port Huron, Michigan.
Approximately 40 percent of the documents have been selected. The documents not selected are routine letters from J.P. Morgan & Co. regarding the payment of the monthly stipend to Edison's daughter, Marion Edison Oeser.
[D9708AAA], Letter from American Surety Co to Thomas Alva Edison, March 9th, 1897 1897-03-09
[D9708AAB], Letter from Isabelle Stilwell to Thomas Alva Edison, April 22nd, 1897 1897-04-22
[D9708AAC], Letter from Jed Spaldine to Thomas Alva Edison, June 5th, 1897 1897-06-05
[D9708AAD], Letter from Nellie Marion Edison (Mrs W.A. Poyer) to Thomas Alva Edison, July 1st, 1897 1897-07-01
[D9708AAE], Letter from Margaret Crane (Mrs Nicholas) Stilwell to John F Randolph, July 17th, 1897 1897-07-17
[D9708AAF], Letter from Nellie Marion Edison (Mrs W.A. Poyer) to John F Randolph, July 18th, 1897 1897-07-18
[D9708AAG], Letter from Nellie Marion Edison (Mrs W.A. Poyer) to Thomas Alva Edison, July 18th, 1897 1897-07-18
[D9708AAH], Letter from Ellen Holihan (Mrs William P.) Edison to John F Randolph, November 18th, 1897 1897-11-18