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\nRev. H.S. DeForest, D.D, President,
\nTalladega College,
\nTalladega, Alabama.
\nDear Sir:—
\nUpon Mr. Edison’s return to the Laboratory a few days a go after an absence of several weeks your letter of 12th instant was handed to him, and in answer to the question contained therein: “Which is the better education at Yale College or a Scientific one at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale—” the same having particular reference to your son, who you say has a taste for machinery and inventions, Mr. Edison would advise sending the young man to the Sheffield Scientific School. A Classical education would be excellent were you going to make a lawyer of your son, but the instruction which he will doubtless receive at the Sheffield Scientific School will better fit him for a mechanical occupation.
\nYours very truly,
\nA. O. Tate
\nPrivate Secretary"},{"label":"Author","value":"Tate, Alfred Ord"},{"label":"Recipient","value":"De Forest, Henry Swift"},{"label":"Mentioned","value":["Yale University","De Forest, Lee"]},{"label":"Date","value":"1891-02-26"},{"label":"Type","value":"Letter"},{"label":"Subject","value":["TAE opinions and prejudices","Education","Engineering"]},{"label":"Folder/Volume ID","value":"LB048-F"},{"label":"Microfilm ID","value":"142:7"},{"label":"Document ID","value":"LB048019"},{"label":"URL","value":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/document/LB048019"},{"label":"Rights","value":"Thomas Edison National Historical Park"},{"label":"Publisher","value":"Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University"},{"label":"Timestamp","value":"26 February 1891"},{"label":"Has Version","value":"Archive.org Viewer, Microfilm Series Reel 142"}],"sequences":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB048019/sequence/normal","@type":"sc:Sequence","label":"Current Page Order","viewingDirection":"left-to-right","canvases":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB048019/canvas/p1","@type":"sc:Canvas","label":"1","thumbnail":{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/files/medium/LB048019/fl0006.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":862,"height":1073},"width":862,"height":1073,"images":[{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB048019/annotation/p0001-image","@type":"oa:Annotation","motivation":"sc:painting","resource":{"@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/264387/full/862,1073/0/default.jpg","@type":"dctypes:Image","format":"image/jpeg","width":862,"height":1073,"service":{"@context":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/context.json","@id":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/264387","profile":"http://iiif.io/api/image/2/level2.json"}},"on":"https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/iiif/2/LB048019/canvas/p1"}],"metadata":[{"label":"transcription","value":"February 26, 1891
\nRev. H.S. DeForest, D.D, President,
\nTalladega College,
\nTalladega, Alabama.
\nDear Sir:—
\nUpon Mr. Edison’s return to the Laboratory a few days a go after an absence of several weeks your letter of 12th instant was handed to him, and in answer to the question contained therein: “Which is the better education at Yale College or a Scientific one at the Sheffield Scientific School at Yale—” the same having particular reference to your son, who you say has a taste for machinery and inventions, Mr. Edison would advise sending the young man to the Sheffield Scientific School. A Classical education would be excellent were you going to make a lawyer of your son, but the instruction which he will doubtless receive at the Sheffield Scientific School will better fit him for a mechanical occupation.
\nYours very truly,
\nA. O. Tate
\nPrivate Secretary"}]}]}]}