This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to Edison's involvement with the General Electric Co. Included are a letter regarding a request from the Smithsonian Institution for a collection of incandescent lamps; an item concerning the presentation to Edison of a "Z" dynamo originally used on the SS Columbia; and a report pertaining to a proposed reduction of the company's capital stock. There are also three letters from the company's Patent Department, addressed to attorney Richard N. Dyer, in regard to Edison's alternating-current application, case no. 220,800.
The 5 documents not selected are meeting announcements and routine letters concerning patents and financial matters.
[D9816AAA], Letter from M K Eyre to Thomas Alva Edison, January 6th, 1898 1898-01-06
[D9816AAB], Letter from Thomas J Johnston to Richard Nott Dyer, February 2nd, 1898 1898-02-02
[D9816AAC], Letter from Albert Gould Davis to Richard Nott Dyer, February 24th, 1898 1898-02-24
[D9816AAD], Letter from John Kruesi to Thomas Alva Edison, June 6th, 1898 1898-06-06
[D9816AAE], Letter from General Electric Co to Thomas Alva Edison, July 11th, 1898 1898-07-11
[D9816AAF], Report from General Electric Co, Charles Albert Coffin, July 11th, 1898 1898-07-11
[D9816AAG], Letter from Albert Gould Davis to Richard Nott Dyer, July 27th, 1898 1898-07-27