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Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to William Orton, August 17th, 1877

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Author(s)

Edison, Thomas Alva

Recipient(s)
Orton, William
Others Mentioned
U.S. Patent Office
Dickerson, Edward Nicoll
Hubbard, Gardiner Greene

Subject(s)

Telephone
Multiple telegraphy (duplex, quadruplex)
Patent interference

Dated

1877-08-17 (1877)

Associated Images

2

Identifier

X099AL (legacy)

Rights

NMAH Archives Center

Publisher

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

Citation “Letter from Thomas Alva Edison to William Orton, August 17th, 1877,” Edison Papers Digital Edition, accessed April 6, 2020, http://edison.rutgers.edu/digital/document/X099AL.

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