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Letter from Chauncey Smith to Thomas Alva Edison, May 5th, 1885

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Author(s)

Smith, Chauncey

Recipient(s)
Edison, Thomas Alva
Others Mentioned
Swan, William W
Gilliland, Ezra Torrance
Vail, Theodore Newton

Subject(s)

Testing and quality control
Telephone

Dated

1885-05-05 (1885)

Associated Images

2

Identifier

X012F2J (legacy)

Rights

AT&T Archives and History Center

Publisher

Thomas A. Edison Papers, School of Arts and Sciences, Rutgers University

Citation “Letter from Chauncey Smith to Thomas Alva Edison, May 5th, 1885,” Edison Papers Digital Edition, accessed January 21, 2021, http://edison.rutgers.edu/digital/document/X012F2J.

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