These letters, all dating from 1881, relate to the display of Edison's illuminating system at the Paris Electrical Exposition. Many of the documents are in French. Most of letters are written to Georges Berger, commissioner-general of the Exposition. Correspondents include the banking firm of Drexel, Harjes & Co., requesting information about the Exposition on Edison's behalf; Philip Walker, secretary of the U.S. Commission, regarding the installation of Edison's lighting system; and Theodore Puskas and Joshua F. Bailey, Edison's official representatives, requesting a dynamometer for use with the display. There are also letters from Berger to Charles Batchelor, Edison's chief assistant, and to Puskas and Bailey, praising Batchelor's installation of the exhibit and discussing the removal of a steam engine at the close of the Exposition.
Only those documents pertaining directly to Edison's inventions and interests have been selected. Routine letters and those containing duplicate information have not been selected.
[Z250A], Letter from Drexel Harjes & Co to Georges Berger, March 5th, 1881 1881-03-05
[Z250B], Letter from Philip Walker to Georges Berger, August 1st, 1881 1881-08-01
[Z250C], Letter from Philip Walker to Georges Berger, August 15th, 1881 1881-08-15
[Z250D], Letter from Joshua Franklin Bailey, Theodore Puskas to Georges Berger, September 7th, 1881 1881-09-07
[Z250E], Letter from Herve Mangon to Georges Berger, September 12th, 1881 1881-09-12
[Z250F], Letter from Georges Berger to Charles Batchelor, September 12th, 1881 1881-09-12
[Z250G], Letter from Georges Berger to Theodore Puskas, Joshua Franklin Bailey, October 25th, 1881 1881-10-25
[Z250H], Letter from Georges Berger to Charles Batchelor, November 17th, 1881 1881-11-17
[Z250I], Letter from Georges Berger to Charles Batchelor, December 15th, 1881 1881-12-15