This folder contains correspondence and other documents relating to the mimeograph business of the A.B. Dick Co. Some of the letters pertain to the unauthorized use of Edison's name by J. Lewis Young, who had established a company to sell mimeographs in England. There are also letters concerning A.B. Dick's possible entry into the phonograph sales business, an annual financial statement for the company, correspondence about royalty payments, and samples of mimeograph duplication. Some of the material may be partially illegible due to water damage or faded ink.

Approximately 70 percent of the documents have been selected. The following categories of documents have not been selected: routine correspondence regarding stock dividends and bonds; meeting announcements; letters of transmittal and acknowledgement; items that duplicate information in selected material.