[D7004-F] (D-70-04) Telegraph -- Gold & Stock Telegraph Co
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[D7004-F] (D-70-04) Telegraph -- Gold & Stock Telegraph Co
Description
This folder contains correspondence, some of it by Edison, along with an agreement and a bill relating to the business of the Gold & Stock Telegraph Co. This company was incorporated in New York in August 1867 to exploit Edward Calahan's stock ticker. On August 27, 1869 it acquired Samuel Laws's Gold & Stock Reporting Co., including the Edison patents held by that company. In February 1870 Edison began working under contract to officials of the Gold & Stock Co. Two of his firmsthe American Printing Telegraph Co. and the Financial & Commercial Telegraph Co.were acquired by Gold & Stock in 1870. The correspondents for 1870 include Marshall Lefferts, president of the Gold & Stock Telegraph Co.
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Identifier
D7004-F
uri
https://edisondigital.rutgers.edu/folder/D7004-F
Type
Document File
Rights
Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.
Is Part Of
Document File Series -- 1870
Alternative Title
(D-70-04) Telegraph -- Gold & Stock Telegraph Co