This folder contains correspondence with F. H. Stanard, a traveling repairman who offered Edison his ideas on improving the Bates "7-movement" numbering machine manufactured by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. There are also interoffice communications among sales manger F. A. Burnham, assistant chief engineer John P. Constable, and vice president Carl H. Wilson regarding their decision not to pursue Stanard's proposition.

Courtesy of Thomas Edison National Historical Park.