These documents cover the years 1870-1875, with two additional items from the early 1880s. The documents from the 1870s consist of agreements and patent assignments involving telegraph equipment. Among the parties mentioned are Franklin L. Pope and James N. Ashley, who together with Edison established the firm of Pope, Edison & Co. in 1869. Also mentioned are the American Printing Telegraph Co., Gold and Stock Telegraph Co., and Western Union Telegraph Co. One item from the 1880s is a letter from Henry C. Nicholson, a telegraph inventor involved in the patent interference case, Edison v. Nicholson. The other is a letter from Edison to Albert B. Chandler, president of the Fuller Electrical Co., seeking advice on a prospective construction foreman for his New York central station.
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[X090A], Agreement, Marshall Lefferts, Thomas Alva Edison, June 29th, 1870 1870-06-29
[X090B], Agreement, Thomas Alva Edison, James Nye Ashley, Franklin Leonard Pope, Gold and Stock Telegraph Co, July 1st, 1870 1870-07-01
[X090C], Agreement, Gold and Stock Telegraph Co, Franklin Leonard Pope, James Nye Ashley, Thomas Alva Edison, July 1st, 1870 1870-07-01
[X090D], Agreement, Thomas Alva Edison, James Nye Ashley, Franklin Leonard Pope, American Printing Telegraph Co, November 30th, 1870 1870-11-30
[X090E] Agreement, May 26th, 1871 1871-05-26
[X090F], Agreement, Thomas Alva Edison, Gold and Stock Telegraph Co, October 30th, 1872 1872-10-30
[X090G], Agreement, Gold and Stock Telegraph Co, Thomas Alva Edison, April 20th, 1875 1875-04-20
[X090H], Agreement, Gold and Stock Telegraph Co, Thomas Alva Edison, April 20th, 1875 1875-04-20
[X090I], Letter from Henry C Nicholson to Mary (Mrs Henry C.) Nicholson, November 29th, 1880 1880-11-29
[X090J], Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to Albert B Chandler, November 1st, 1883 1883-11-01