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We acknowledge gifts from many other individuals, as well as an anonymous donor; the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies; and the Edison Electric Institute. For the assistance of all these organizations and individuals, as well as for the indispensable aid of archivists, librarians, scholars, and collectors, the editors are most grateful. f A Note on the Sources The pages which have been filmed are the best copies available. Every technical effort possible has been made to ensure legibility. PUBLICATION AND MICROFILM COPYING RESTRICTIONS Reel duplication of the whole or of any part of this film is prohibited. In lieu of transcripts, however, enlarged photocopies of selected items contained on these reels may be made in order to facilitate research. LEGAL SERIES RICHARD W. KELLOW FILE Legal Series Richard W. Kellow File 1916 Agreement with Phonograph Sales Co. (1916-1918) [env. 1] Deed -- Isaac W. and Frances F. England - Mineral Rights (1916, 1920) [env. 34] Agreement with U.S. Crushed Stone Co. (1916-1917) [env. 100] Agreement with Miller Reese Hutchison (1916) [env. 162] Bills of Sale to Edison Storage Battery Co. (1916) [env. 166] Agreement with Andrea and Serafina Maglio (1916, 1919) [env. 173] Agreement with Wisconsin Chair Co. (1916-1917) [env. 175] Contract with Mitsui & Co. (1916-1917) [env. 160] Correspondence with Mitsui re Phenol Plant in Japan (1916-1920) [env. 186] MEUORANDCU OF AGREEMENT entered Into thlo^day of December, 1916, by and batween THOMAS A. EDISON, of West Orange, New JerBoy, party of the first part, and PHONOGRAPH- SALJSS .CCKRUnr, a corporation of Hew Jersey, party of the second part, WITNESSETH:- WHEREAS, by an agreement of even date herewith entered into by4and betwe.ep Phonographs Limited, a oorporatlon of New Jersey, Charles O'Oonor Slogne, John EyreSloana, John Eyre Sl'osne Guardian of. Thomas Edison Sloans, Fred N. Ritohie, and said Phonograph -Sales Company, a copy of whioh said agreement is annexed hereto, said Phono¬ graph Sales Company agrees to sell to said Phonographs Limited all of the assets of Bald Phonograph Sales Company, lnoluding goodwill, at a prloe based upon the value of the physical aseetB, leases, aooounts reoeivable, instalment paper, eto. of said Phonograph Sales Oompany, ihioh eaid price does not inelude any allowance for the good will of eaid Phonograph Sales Company; and WHEREAS, said Thomas A. Edison desired that eaid Phonograph Sales Oompany should execute said agreement; j HOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto have agreed and do hereby agree ae follows; - Sal£ Thomae A. Edison agrees that In consideration of the execution of, the aforesaid agreement of' even date herewith by eaid Phonograph Sales Oompany, said Thomas A. Edison will, subject to the provisions herainafter oontalned.pay to said Phonograph Salsa Company, without interest, the sum of Twenty 'Six Thousand Dollars l$26,000)» provided that in oase any of the items of the aooounte reoeivable ( lnoluding instalment paper) to be assigned to said Phonographs Limited under the aforesaid agreement of even date herewith shall be found to be not genuine or the amount inoorreotly oharged upon the hoohn of said Phonograph Salea Company, than and In eaoh such ease eald Ihomae A. Edison shall have the right to deduot all auoh not genuine and inoorreot amounts from the amount herein agreed to he paid* Provided furthermore that in oaae it shall devolop that there are any liabilities, contingent or otherwise, of said Phonograph Sales Company, in addition to those liabilities for the discharge and extinguishment of which provision is made in the afore bo id agreement of evon date herewith, said Thomas A. Edison shall have the right to deduot from the ■iU. amount payable hereunder an amount equal to^ aggregate of all sudh additional liabilities. She amount payable hereunder shall be paid in monthly installments of 6ne thousand Dollars ($1,000) eaoh until the entire amount to be paid hereunder ehall have been paid, and the first of auoh monthly installments shall be paid one month after the consummation of tho sale provided for in the aforesaid agreement of even date herewith. Said Thomas A. Edison shall have tho right, if ho so eleots, to pay any of said installments before the some is due. Bile agreement shall inure to the benefit of and bo binding upon tho respective heirs, executors, administrators, successors and assigns of the parties hereto. PHONOGRAPH SAUM-GOJffAHY Secretarial Service Department THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL Function* SUBJECT: Shone* A. Edison, Personal. Payments to Phono graphSale Agreement 12/82/16. 4259 August 23, 1918, Hr, J. H. Smith, BooJfioeeperj In answer to a iv Clio. producers of. crushed stone ‘February 28,1917 Mr. Vi. S. Mallory, President, Edison Portland Cement Co., St. James Building, New York City., Dear Mr. Mallory V/e beg to acknowledge receipt ^of^your favov^ Edison 1 ^"decision S£SS2g Sufrfque^f for region in royalty. it is true that the Chicago price °h ««. Stone ..." W SJJSd-lySl SSS- of leSts “is 3c!S??m”rrvr;f sr tailed seriously throu^ inabili / condition creat- railroads to procure 0f*s , ?£e dealers took advantage s^-ss;1^ •taSoSS*^^^.? ^r?o srs. the ■ ssevs. ’mess. ss~ driver ssssi. 5 S&? » ff^OTL-as-sas^- coupled with .-.the abnormal prices of all co f roduotion irr.r^.srtir.so, «* .m >»» * « care of by us at the lower prices. Under these circumstance. .it . ( for us to avail ourselves of the X°0®r0f ^“desire to relinquish contract, ‘and « hereby notify you 0- «* u the basis w- \ r4rs“"McT«s-™“*v'^r «. « «» iif° °f of 'Y \ such oontraot. llls lett„ ... tt.r.ns s? nn^Rrfltnod bv your oompany. " J f®3 *'K«W 005 \ thi fattcir (£0. PRODUCERS OF CRUSHED STONE GENERAL OFFICES ou*««im TELCPMONt ,oe SOUTH LA SALLE STREET M1COOK.M.L. rRANMMNB'4 CHICAGO Mr. W. S. Mallory H 2. Regretting to make it impossible for the fact that conditions are such us to operate on the old "basis* X Yours very truly. KDsKH February 28, 1917. Ur. li. Dreyfus, Proa., U, S. Crushed Stone Co.» 108 So. LaSalle St., Chicago, Ill. Uoar Ur. Dreyfus :- I .am in receipt of yourB 25th, and note that you desire to take advantage of . the clause in your con¬ tract under which you relinquish ■ the right for the exclusive .license, and will operate from the first of ahnuarjr, W-> t_o the end o_f the contract under the non-exclusive royalty, of one and one-half cents (3 per cubic yard^ Pleaso note that such action on your I part is satisfactory to us, and I have notified Ur. Udison | of your desire to make the above change. •X understand fully the conditions you are having in shipping your produot, as >/e arc having the same conditions here, and the shipping of both our in and out freight is accompanied with the Greatest possible trouble, but in spite of this. I sincerely trust that 1917 will prove to be the most prosperous year that you have had in a long 'feme . -yithmy very kindest remembrances , 1 am, Yours very. truly, WSU-HBS MEMORANDUM OF AGREEMENT made and entered into this dey of 1916, between THOMAS A, EDISON, of West Orange, New jersey, hereinafter oalled Mr. Edison, party of the first part, MILLER REESE HUTCHISON, of West Orange, Hew Jersey, hereinafter oalled Ur. HutohiBon, party of the seoond part, and EDISON STORAGE BATTERY C QUEAN Y, a corporation of the State of New Jersey, having an offioe at West Orange, in said State, hereinafter oalled the Edison Company, party of the third part, WITNESSETH:- WHEREAS, negotiations have been entered into be¬ tween Mr. Edison, the Edison Oompany and Vickers limited, a British oompany having an offioe at Viokers House, Broad¬ way, Westminster, London, hereinafter oalled the Viokers Company, as a result of which Mr. Edison and the Edison Company are about to submit to the Viokers Company for ao- oeptanoe by the Viokers Company a certain proposed agreement, a oopy of whioh is attached hereto and marked "Exhibit A", whioh said agreement provides for the sale by the Edison Oompany to the ViokerB Company of loaded tubes and pooketB of the Edison Company's standard manufacture for submarine batteries to be used by the Viokers Company for the manu¬ facture in Great Britain of Edison submarine type storage batteries to be sold for use in submarine vessels belonging to the British Navy, Canada, Australia, Hew Zealand , India , Spain and Italy* and . WHEREAS, Mr. Hutohison has assisted in the afore- ■ . . ■: . . : Bald negotiations; and WHEREAS, It 1b desired to provide for the compen¬ sation of llr. Hutchison; NOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto have agreed and do hereby agree as follows :- 1. The Edison Company agreeB that if the afore¬ said proposed agreement between Mr. Edison, the Edison Com¬ pany and the Vickers Company shall have been duly executed by the parties thereto and delivered on or before the c^ day of 1916, the Edison Company will thereafter pay to Mr. Hutchison as compensation a sum equal to two percent (2$S) of the gross reoeipts actually received from the Vickers Company by the Edison Company in payment for all loaded tubes ana pockets purchased by the Vickers Company from the Edison Company under Baid agreement during the firs-; five years following the date thereof, saia tubes ana pook- ets being only such tubes and pookots as shall be sold to the Vickers Company for. use in the manufacture in Great Britain of Edison submarine type storage batteries to be sold for use in submarine vessels belonging to the British Navy, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Spain and Italy; provided, however, that the EdiBon Company shall not be liable hereunder for any failure to enforce any of the promises or covenants of the Vickers Company oontained in said agreement, and provided further that Mr. Hutohison shall not be entitled to be reimbursed for any expenditures which may be made by him in connection with the said agree¬ ment or the manufacture or sale of batteries thereunder, ex- oept auoh expenditures aa shall have been expressly author¬ ized in writing hy Mr. Edison or a duly authorized offiosr of tho Edison Company, and all olaims for reimbursement for suoh expenditures must be filed monthly with the proper party. Ehe EdiBon Company agrees to keep aoourate and prop¬ er books of aooount showing the aforesaid reoeipts, and agreeB to render to Mr. Hutohison quarterly statements of suoh reoeipts, said statements to be rendered within fifteen days after the expiration of the quarter for whioh the state¬ ment is rendered, and to be aooompanied by a remittance of suoh stun or sums as may be due to Mr. Hutohison hereunder based upon the reoeipts of the preceding quarter. 3. Mr. Hutohison agrees to aooept the sums agreed to be paid hereunder in full compensation for all of his services in oonneotion with the aforesaid negotiations and proposed agreement, and in full payment of any and all olaims against Mr. Edison and the Edison Company and each of them for any and all commissions or other compensation arising out of or based upon any and all sales previously or hereafter raado of Edison storage batteries or parts there- of to the Viokors Company or for ubo in submarine vessels belonging to the British Havy, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Spain or Italy. 3. This agreement shall inure to the benefit of and be binding upon the successors and assigns of the Edi¬ son Company and the executors , administrators and assigns of Mr. Edison and Mr. Hutohison respectively. 3 I EXHIBIT A HSHDHANmJM OP AOHBEMEHT made and entered Into this day of 1916, between THOMAS A. EDISON. of West Orange, New Jersey, U. 8. A., hereinafter oalled Mr. Edison, of the first part, EDI80N 8T0RAGE BAITEHY COMPANY, a aorporatlon of the State of New Jersey, U. 3. A,, having an office at west Orange In said State, hereinafter oalled the Edison Cospany, of the second part, and VI0KEE8 LIMITED, a British Company having an office at Vlokers House, Broadway, Westminster, London, hereinafter called the Vickers Company, of the third part, IySEBEAS, the Edison Company Is engaged In the manufacture and sale of Edison Storage Batteries, the foreign rights of whioh for use In submarine vessels belonging to the British Navy and to other foreign governments are controlled by Hr. Edison; and WHEHBAS, Hr. EdiBon Is a stockholder of aid Is otherwise in- ' torestod In the Edison Company; and AHEBEAS, the Vlokers Company la desirous of entering Into an agreement with the Edison Cospany ana Mr. Edison for the manufacture In Great Britain of Edison Storage batteries of the submarine type to bo sold for use In submarine vessels belonging to the British Navy, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, Spain and Italy* now, THEHBFOKB, the parties hereto have agreed and do hereby 1. Subject to the terms of this agreement ao hereinafter fully set forth, Mr. Edison agrees that the Viokera Cospany ehall manu¬ facture la Great Britain and sell for use in submarine vessels belonging to the British Navy, Canada, Australia, Hew Zealand, India, Spain and Italy, Edison submarine type storage batteries. jl g. ihe Vlokers Ooa®any shall manufacture all parts of Edison submarine type storage batteries for said purpose except loaded tubes and pockets. 3« Upon reasonable notice, the Edison Company will sell to the Victors Company auoh loaded tubes and pookets of the Edison Company's standard manufacture for submarine batteries as the Vickers Company may order from time to time, said tubes and pookets to be delivered f.a.s. SQw York, H. Y. , packed for export shipment, at the following prloesi Standard loaded tubes three-sixteenths inoh diameter at twenty-four dollars and elgity-five cents ($24.86) per thousand. Staidard S type loaded negative pootots at flftoen dollars and fifty-five oents ($15.65) per thousand. (hloh said prioss shall apply to all suoh tubes and pookets delivered la rounder during the five years Immediately following the date hereof. 4, All tubes aid pookets supplied hereunder shall confcrm to *e Edison Con^any's standard with raspeot to rated oapaoity and meohaa- Loal construction am shall be finally inspaoted at the Edison Company's ’aotory by the Vlokers Oompany. 5. All payments for tubes am pookets supplied hereunder shall e made by the Viokars Oompany in lawful money of the united States of merloa upon presentation of shipping documents In Hew York, H. I., to an gent the Vlokers Company shall designate, am the Victors company ] ereby designates as suoh agent its bankers, Messrs. Winslow, Lanier & i oniony, 69 Cedar Street, Hew York, 5. Y. L6. The Victors Company agrees that during the year following date hereof It will purchase from the Edison Oompany a sufficient quantity of the aforesaid loaded tubes and po state to make up an aggre¬ gate amount of One Hundred Thousand Hollars ($100,000) at the prices hereinbefore specified, and the Victors Company furthermore agrees that during each year of the four years following a aid first year It will pur¬ chase a sufficient quantity of the aforesaid loaded tubes and pootots to ■t. up an aggregate amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) at the prices hereinbefore specified. The Vlotars Company furthermore agrees that should this agreement continue beyond the end of the fifth [year from the date hereof, the Vldtars Company will purchase airing each year of the life of the agreement after the end of said fifth year a sufficient quantity of the aforesaid loaded tubes and pootats to mate up an aggregate amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) at aioh prices as may be hereafter fixed by the Edison Company In accordance with the provisions of Paragraph Ten (10) hereof. 7. The Edison Company agrees to use reasonable diligence with Its present manufacturing equipment and system In supplying to the Victors Company such of the aforesaid standard loaded tubes and pockets aa the Vlotars Company shall order hereunder for the purposes herein specified daring the life of this agreement. It la expressly agreed, however, that the Edison company shall not bo liable for any delay la supplying loaded tubes and pockets hereunder due to any strlta, fire, flood, war, or any unavoidable cause, or due to Inability to obtain or delay In obtaining material! nor for any other delay unless caused by the failure of the Edison Company to use reasonable diligence as aforesaid. It is further understood and agreed that the acceptance of any order hereundor shall | bo subjeot to such requirements as the Edison Company may deem neoossary to secure pigment by the Vlotars Oompsny of the goods ordered, and the Edison Company shall not be required to fill any order hereunder until Its requirements in this reBpeot have been satisfactorily met by. the VIOtars Company. 8. as ooon ao practicable after the exeoutioa of this agreement by the parties hereto, the Edison Company will supply to the Victors Company without cost three sets of detail and assembly blue prints of Ifce Edison submarine type battery construction necessary to construct and assemble submarine cells using loaded tubes and poCtots supplied here¬ under* 9* The Viotora Company agrees to promote diligently the sale of Edison batteries for use in submarine vessels belonging to the British Navy, Canada, Australia, Hew Zealand, India, Spain and Italy, aid to naaufacture, assemble and supply Edison batteries in conformity with this agreement to an extent adequate to fill all demands for Ediaon batteries for suoh submarine vessels* 10. This agreement for the manufacture of batteries for sub¬ marine vessels Bhall continue until superseded by suoh other contract as s»y hereafter be made by the parties hereto with the express intent and purpose of superseding this agreement, unless sooner terminated ao here¬ inafter provided for. Provided, however, that the EdiBcn Company Bhall have the right from time to time to Increase the aforesaid prices for loaded tubes and pootots to be supplied hereunder after the expiration of five years from the date hereof, if and whenever the Edison Company shall consider suoh action necessary on aooount of increased ooBt of labor or material* 11. Should the Victors Oonpany fail), to mate the purchaaea agree L to be made hereunder ao aet forth in Paragraph Six (6) hereof du- tag any year of this agreement, then the Ediaon Ooapany Shall have the right to terminate this entire agreement upon three months notice in writing to the Victors Company. 12. So long as the aforesaid arrangement for the manofaoture of batteries for submarine vessels shall continue In effsot, and the BILL OS' SALE KNOW ALL MEN BY THESE PRESENTS t- That I, THOMAS A. EDISON, of WeBt Orange, In the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, party of the firBt part, in oonsi deration of the sum of One Dollar and of other good and valuable consideration 8 to me paid by EDISON STORAGE BATTERY COMPANY, a corporation duly organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of New Jersey, and having its principal place of business at West Orange in said State, party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have bargained, sold, granted, conveyed, transferred and delivered, and by these presents do bargain, sell, grant, convey, transfer and deliver unto the party of the second part, its success¬ ors and assigns, all the machinery, tools, furnaces, boilers tanks, pumps, eleotrical apparatus and wiring and other equipment in, upon and about the premises at Bloomfield and Belleville leased by me to party of the seoond part by an instrument bearing even date herewith and in, and about the buildings on said leased premises, and more particularly shown in the annexed schedule. TO HAVE AND TO HOLD the Bams unto said party of the second part, its successors and assigns forever. IN WITNESS WHEREON, I have hereunto set ray hand and seal this 1st day of September, 1916. Cl. (L.S. Signed, sealed and delivered by Bald Thomas A. Edison in the presence of: STATE OE MBW JERSEY ) : bb. : comm oe essex ) On this O'- CL day of { 1916, before me personally appeared THOMAS A. EDISON, to me personally known and known by me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and I having first made known to him the contents thereof, he acknow¬ ledged that he executed the same as and for the purposes therein set forth. SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY MENTIONED IN AND CONVEYED BY THE ANNEXED BILL OF BALK miscellaneous 16 56" 220 Volt G. E. Plain Type Ceiling Fan Motobs 7! ^drate Rack Oar. of angle Iron eonatruotion 2 Drum Hacks (steel) for potash dissolving 1 #2 Fulton Centrifugal Pump Y-9473 1 5 H.P. 240 V. Bullock Motor Y-364 2 Koertlng Lead Jet Lifts, per B/£ L.B. 37 3 1-1/4 Worthington Clase "C" Volute' Centrifugal Pun®- Noe. 536173-77-80, direct connected to C.W. 1 H.P. Motor with Hand Startoro 1 j.H. Day Co. Invincible Mixer 1 #508 International Time Recorder, ber. #31563 2 413-G International Time Recorder Card Racks Sssssrtfr zsb Nob. 541959-60, each connected to 3/4 n.l. o.w. wo with Hand Starters 1 4000 Lbs. Army Type Peerless Hoist starter #427552 1 HilfcitrkBCo. 20" Superior Drilling Machines 19 Cast Steel Reduction Pots so“ o. »..«!. "lv“ trolleys, 1 ton capacity. Ber. #3669 . 1 Shepard 200 V. D.C. 2 Motors, type I Traveling Crane, 2 ton oapaoity, Ber. #3570 „u 1 Shepard 220 V. D.C. 2 Waters, Type 1 Traveling Crane, 1 ton capacity, Ser. #3568 Above oomplete with Crane Runway and Ralls and the necessary wiring 4 Plain Steel Tanks for Hydrogen purifiers ns per B/P I.B. 39 complete with Pipe & Fittings 2 Hydrate Crushers for finished Hi. Hydrate per B/P N.B. 105 1 Fume^Toirer^to'inolude foundation, stack, flue, etc. 1 fcl-S3tfSr^l^^ ffiXtor^/dBOll? 8 Charging Barrows Ta/p t r 104 4; K.wS'r'iipro.^?.- Cooling Coils -Page 2- 2 Copper Agitating Tanka with Covers & Copper Steam Coils 2 ^6,VertioalfGaBGExhausterB Geared to 6 H.P. ’ Westing- 1 house Motors, 220 V. D.C. on Bedplate, by-paB8 and Automatic Ploat Tank Governors 11 chemical Stoneware Jars 110 Gal. Capaoity Iron Sulphate & Bed Iron DrierB complete, including: 2 Crooker Wheeler 2 H.P. Motors and StarterB #176737"39 2 G.E. 10 H.P. Motors with StarterB #209311-312 2 m 7^. n « « ■ #425620-284 Explosion & Tar Pots 1 Tank for Oil Storage & Emergency Tank for Oil, per N.B. 61 Hydrate Drying Tunnels 6 Heating TableB & Coila . _ . . 4 Iron Reduction Pot Cars, as per B/P I.A.50, eaoh complete with 1 H.P. C.W. Motors, Hob. 183524-28- 30-32 with controllers & resistances Covers for Trenohes 1 Hopper for Iron Oxide Mixer Steam, Hot Water, Air, Oil, Hydrogen Gas and Water Piping, including all fittings and supports Toilets & Washrooms Hydrants, Hydrant Pipes and City Water Pipes in Yard, including: 2 - 4" Hersey Water Meters 10 - 4" Darling Hydrants 2 - 2£" Hose Nozzles 6" Universal Base Eire Hydrant Bine Electric Lighting, including wire, fixtures Wiring for Electric Power PURHACEB 3 Gautier Retort Purnaces with Staoks complete 26 #A-949 Quigley Patent Overfired Accurate Temperature Double Chamber Purnaoes, eaoh complete with Pume Stack INDUSTRIAL RAILWAY SYSTEM 6980 ft. Portable 12 lb. Traok 52 C.I. Turn Tables 48" dia. x 24" -Page 2- -Pago 3- 6 C.I. Turn Tables 72 dia. 5 Suit oboe 2 Grossings WOOD TANKS 2" Yellow Pine Tanks 4'0" x 4 '6" deep 2" " " " 10*0" X 1*6" " 2" " M " 9*8" x 2*0" * 2" » « " 3'0" X 2'6" " 2" 11 " " 10*0" X 11*0" " 2” White Pine " 4'0" x 2*6" " 2" Yellow Pine " 11*6" x 8*0" " 2“ " « « l'B" X 2*4" " 2" Hard Pine Rectangular TankB BA I*A. 15 10' XS« a- E S S is: ** X 10'«" x u. *.«, .A 2" Hard Pine Box Tanks, 21*3" x 10 '8" x 12" deep, per BA I .A. 14 Covers per bA n-b- 1 „ 2" White Pine Tanks 8*0" x 7*5" 2» , iron loading Department. 0 Wood Boxes for B2 Poles Partitions & Shelves for Die Stook Room Miscellaneous Wood Boxes for Finished Stook Washing Tank, Steam Drying Box, Dipping Tank, Tables, & Benches for Esbalite Room -5- -Page 6- (Mlscellaneous oont'd) 2 Bolsters for No. 19 BIIbb Press for B2H Can Side Blank¬ ing Die Benches, Partitions & Tables for Laboratory, ' 2nd floor, Lean-to 6 6-12" Secondary Clocks. Partitions, Benches for Inspection Room, 2nd Floor Wood Boxes for Iron Loading Derpt. Tables for Lug Reaming MaohineB | Table for Pole Assembly and CloBet for TooIb in Screw Machine Department . . , 4 1/2 Ton Plain Steel Plate Trolley and 4 - 1/4 Ton, Triple:: i Blocks pluB cost of installing Dust Collector System in Iron Loading Department Stands for Tanks, Hangers, Shafting, Pulleys, etc. for Flake Separating Department 2360# Cast Iron House Plates 5 Monel Percolators for Flake Bench and Racks for Electrical Dept. 6th floor TANKS 3 Steel Potash Tanks per B/P D-990 10 3" Qypress Box Tanks 2*2" x 2'6" 26 3" " " " 10' 6" x 2'2" x 2' 6" 1 3ck Seventy-eight (78), except the right of way of tho Chicago ft jrn Railway Company; the east half of Block Eighty-one (81) and tV of Block eighty-one (81) to tho east line of Freomont Street (no ill in Bannister, Bowen and Smith Addition to the Village, now av; London, Outagamie County, Wisconsin. DGETI1ER with all and singular the hereditaments and appur- ihereunto belonging or in any wise appertaining; and all tho ight, titlo, interest, claim or demand whatsoever, of the Chair either in law or equity, either in possession or expectancy of, the above bargained premises and thoir hereditaments and appur- • Contemporaneously with the aforesaid sale, tho Chair Company gn to the new corporation, itB successors and assigns, all which the Chair Company shall have at the time of such sale wit! onograph Works for supplying cabinets, etc., and all contracts f rk now being ■carried out in said plant which the new corporation e to take over* Mo charge shall be made to the now corporation f these contracts. . The Chair Company will execute and deliver to the now corpora deeds, assignments and bills of salo for tho aforesaid property, ory to Mr. Edison, and will furnish to the new corporation copies of resolutions of the Chair Company's directors and stock uthorizing tho sale of said property and the execution and deliv: -sods, assignments and bills of sole. 6. Payment for the aforesaid property shall bo made by the new ' on to the Wisconsin Chair Company as follows: I The new corporation will isoue to the Chair Company a certifi¬ cate or cortificateo for two thousand shares (2,000) of full paid stock of the new corporation aggregating in par value the sum of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars (4200,000) and the now corporation will issue and deliver to the Chair Company its Bonds to the aggregate amount of Two Hundred Thousand Dollars ($200,000) face value, which said bonds shall be interest bearing at the rate of six per cent. (6j£) per annum, payable semi-annually and shall be serial bonds maturing as follows: Thirty Thousand Dollars - January 1, 191 S' Thirty Thousand Dollars - January 1, 1919 Thirty Thousand Dollars - January 1, 1920 Thirty Thousand Dollars - January 1, 1921 Thirty Thousand Dollars - January 1, 1922 Thirty Thousand Dollars - January 1, 1923 Twenty Thousand Dollars - January 1, 1924 The Hew Corporation shall have the right, if it so elects, to retire nny or all of said bonds previous to their dates of maturity at five per cent above par plus accrued interest. The said bond issue shall be secured by a first mortgage of usual form to a trustee on the land, buildings, and equipment of the new corporation then owned or thereafter acquired, but not including any of the following assets, namely: The new corporation's current and working assets, including cash, accounts receivable,, bills receivable, notes receivable, all raw material and manu¬ factured material for use in the- manufacture of products by the new corporation, all work in process of such manufacture, all products so manufactured or purchased to be sold by the n ew corporation in the course of its business, and all earnings, profits and income lav/fully used or to bo used for the payment of dividends to stockholders or for the creation of a surplus. The bondholders, acting through the trustee shall have the usual rights of foreclosure in case of non-payment of any of the bonds upon their maturity dates or the interest thereon* The mortgage shall provide for the insurance of the mortgaged property at all times against damage by fire dp to the amount of the bonds outstanding, if such insurance is obtainable from regularly organized insur- - 4 - ance companies doing business in the State of Wisconsin, tho losses, if any, to be payable to tho trustee under the mortgago for the benefit of the bond holders or used for retiring bonds or for replacing the damaged property, as the new corporation may elect. The Chair Company willaccept said two thousand sharos of stock at their par value, namely §200,000 and said bonds at their par value, namely, §200,000, making an aggregate payment by the new corporation of §400,000, and any difference between said sum of §400,000 and tho purchase price of the aforesaid property, namely §310,000 for land, buildings, equip¬ ment, machinery, tools and .fixtures plus coat of active inventory not to exceed §100,000, will be adjusted by a cash payment by the new corporation or tho Chair Company to tho party entitled to receive said difference. 7. Immediately upon the issurance and delivery of said 3hares of stock to the Chair Company, the Chair Company will sell to Ur. Edison, and Hr. Edison agrees to purchnoa the two thousand shares of stock of the new corporation issued to tho Chair Company, at its par value, payr' ment for said stock to be made by Hr. Edison to the Chair Company as follows: Fifty Thousand Dollars in cash. Fifty Thousand Dollars on April 1, 1917 Fifty Thousand Dollars on July 1, 1917 Fifty Thousand Dollars on October 1, 1917. without interest, and said payment shall be evidencod by promissory nogotiablo non-intorost bearing notes to bo given by Mr. Edison to the Chair Company as follows Fivo such notes for §10,000 each payable on April 1, 1917 Five such notes for §10,000 each payable on July 1, 1917 . Five ouch notes for §10,000 each payable on October 1,1917 Shares of the aforesaid stock amounting in parvalue to §50,000 shall be delivered by the Chair Company to Mr. Edison upon the first cash payment of §50,000 end the remainder of eaid stock shall be delivered in escrow to a trustee satisfactory to the parties hereto to be delivered to Mr. Edison as and when the said notes are paid and in amounts corresponding to said payments. - 5 - LI bo entitled the same shall have been delivered to him or shall be in escrow in tho hands of tho trustee. If any of said notes shall not be paid within thirty days after due presentment of tho same for payment, the trustee, after giving reasonable notice to tho parties hereto, shall soli such portion of tho stock then in its hands as shall bo equal in face value to the face value of the note or notes so presented for. payment and remaining unpaid, at a public salo or at a private sale at which both partios are represented, and shall apply the proceeds thereof first to the payment of tho note or notes then duo and unpaid, and secondly any balance remaining shall bo paid to Ur. -Edison. IN YJITNESS WHEREOF, the partios hereto have executed this agreement the day and yoar first above written. WISCONSIN CHAIR COMPANY By F. A. DENNETT President THOS. A. EDISON Attest: Secretary Witness: Oj, Ls. EMERY THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED By the Board of Directors of The Wisconsin Chair Company, that tho agreemont between F. A. Dennett, president of the V/isconsin Chair Company on bohalf of said company, and Thomas A. Edison, above sbt forth, be and tho same is hereby ratified and confirmed. RESOLVED FURTHER, that all of the real and personal property of said company located in the city of New London, Wisconsin, specified in said agreement be sold to said Thomas A. Edison, 6f West Orange, New Jersey, or to a corporation to be organized by him, for the consideration and upon the terms and conditions expressed in said agreement. RESOLVED FURTHER That the President and Seorotary of The Wisconsin Chair Company be and they are hereby authorised and instructed to sell all of tho property of The Wisconsin Chair Company locafod in the City of Mew London. Wisconsin, specified in said agreement, to said Thomas A. Edison, or a corporation to be organised by him and to execute proper deeds of conveyance and bills of sale for tho same. STATE OF WISCONSIN, ) s SS OZAUKEE COUNTY. ) I, J. R. Dennett, Secretary of The Wisconsin Chair Company, do hereby certify that the foregoing is a full, true and correct copy of a Resolution adopted at a meeting of the Board of Directors of The r, (xC^ »< . V vl "~ i-- Lv****^ Dear Sir: v )^U£‘ .^j(. T/e are in receipt of a letter from Hr. Henry | Lanahan of your Legal Department, advieing ue that you de¬ sire to use another name for your new corporation to be formed to take over the Hew London property than the one written in the agreement dated November 17th, 1916 and we are writing you 6* the re.queeti of Mr. Lanahan to advise that it will be en¬ tirely agreeable to us to amend the contraot dated November 17th, 1916 Vby writing the wordB "Wisconsin Cabinet 4 Panel Company” instead of the words "Wisconsin Cabinet 4 Veneer Com- nnnv”. or, if you prefer, we will endeavor to clear the way for your use of the name ns written by cancelling the charter of the old Wisconsin Veneer Company which we own but are not using any by surrendering the charter and having the same re¬ corded with the Secretary of State at Madison, Wisconsin, the way would undoubtedly be left clear for you to use the name Wisconsin Cabinet 4 Veneer Company as written in our agreement. p,6. Since the contract will have further effect after January 1st, senary to amend! a been fulfilled and of no 1917, do you think it nec- Eeoember 19, 1916 Wisconsin Chair Company, Port Washington, Wisconsin. Attention l,;r. g. a. Donne tt. pres. Gentlemen: - I am in receipt of your letter of December 11th advis¬ ing mo that it is entirely agreeable to you to amend the contract between you and myself, dated Hovember 17, 1916, by writing therein the words "Wisconsin Cabinet and Panel Company" instead of the words "Wisconsin Cabinet and Veneer Company". I am accepting your letter qb expressing your consent to the use of the name "Wisconsin Cabinet and panel Company" for the new corporation which V. is to he formed under the said contract, und I do not think it will ' A be necessary to have a formal amendment to the contract executed. v The now corporation will therefore bear the name "Wisconsin Cabinet and Panel Company". Yours very truly, /ho-* - A . . . . V;j LL*. Ll _ e. \ ■ m- AGREEMENT WISCONSIN CHAIR COMPANY THOMAS A. EDISON and FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY MEMORANDUM OP AGREEMENT made this day of January, 1917, by ana between WISCONSIN CHAIR COMPANY, a Wisconsin corporation, having its principal office at Port Washington, Wisconsin, party of the first part, herein¬ after called the Chair Company, THOMAS A. EDISON, of West Orange, New Jersey, party of the second part, hereinafter called Mr. Edison, and FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY, of Newark, New jersey, party of the third part, WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the parties hereto have by contraot of even date entered into an agreement for the deposit with the party of the third part of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars par value of the capital stock of Wisconsin Cabinet and Panel Company, subjeot to the stipulations and provis¬ ions in said memorandum of agreement contained; and WHEREAS, there has been inadvertently omitted from the said memorandum of agreement provision for the compen¬ sation of the Fidelity Trust Company for the services by it to be rendered and provision for exempting the said Fidelity Trust Company from liability, except in the event of its gross negligence or wilful misconduct; NOW, THEREFORE,- to remedy the said omissions and in consideration of One Dollar by each of the parties to the other paid, the reoeipt of which is hereby acknowledged, the parties hereto agree with each other by way of supplemental agreement to the aforesaid memorandum of agreement and as part thereof, as follows, to-wit; 1. She Fidelity Trust Company shall he entitled to reasonable compensation for all services rendered by it in the execution of the trust in said memorandum of agree¬ ment created, and such compensation as well as all reason¬ able expenses necessarily incurred or actually disbursed in the execution of the said trust shall be paid in equal proportions by the Chair Company and Mr. EdiBon. 2. She Fidelity Trust Company shall not be answerable for anything whatever in connection with the trust assumed by it under the said memorandum of agreement except for its gross negligence or wilful misconduct. IH WISHES S WHEHEOF, the parties hereto have exe-s outed this agreement in triplicate the day and year first above written. / , /WlSE^feH OHSlRCqjjfpAHY FIDELITY spUSTJJOMPAHY [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] MEMORANDUM OS' AGREEMENT made this aay of January, 191.7, by and "between WISCONSIN CHAIR COMPANY, a WiBooneln oorporation, having its prlnoipal offioe at port Washington, Wieoonsin, party of the first part, hereinafter called the Chair Company, THOMAS A. EDISON, of West orange, Hew Jersey, party of tlie seoond part, hereinafter oalled Ur. Edison, and FIDELITY TRUST COMPANY,, of Newark, New Jersey, party of the third part, WITNESSETH WHEREAS, the Chair Company, pursuant to a certain agreement between it and Kr. Edison,, dated November 17, 1916, has agreed to Bell to Mr. Edison two hundred shares of capital stock of Wisconsin Cabinet and Panel Company, a New Jersey oorporation, having its registered offioe at West .Orange,. New Jersey, at its par value, payment for said, stock to be made by Ur. Edison to the Chair Company as follows Plfty Thousand Dollars in oash Fifty Thousand Dollars on April 1, 1917 Fifty Thousand Dollars, on July 1, 1917 Fifty Thousand Dollars'.' on Ootober 1, 1917 without interest, said deferred payments to be evidenoed by promissory negotiable non-interest bearing notes to be given by Mr. Edison to the Chair Company as follows Five suoh, notes for. $10,000 each payable _ _ on April 1, 1917 . Five such notes for $10,000 each payable on July 1, 1917 Five suoh notes for $10,000 each payable on Ootober 1, 1917 [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Shares of the aforesaid stock amounting in par value to Fifty Thousand Dollars ($60,000) to he delivered hy the Ohair Company to Mr, Edison upon the first cash payment of Fifty Thousand Dollars ($60,000), and the remainder of said stock to he delivered in escrow to a trustee satisfactory, to the Ohair Company and Mr. Edison, and to he delivered to Mr. Edison as and when the said noteB are paid and in amounts corresponding to said payments. DOW, THEREFORE, the parties hereto have agreed and do hereby agree as follows 1. The Chair Company and Mr. Edison hereby designate the party of the third part as trustee to hold the stock of Wisconsin Cabinet and Panel Company delivered to it in accordance with the teuns of the trust as herein set forth, and the party of the third part hereby aooepts suoh trust. Mr. Edison agrees to deliver to the Ohair Company notes as aforesaid, and the Ohair Company agrees to deliver to the party of the third part as trustee shares of stock of said Wisconsin Cabinet and Panel Company in Mr. Edison's name and assigned in blank by him, amounting in par value to the sum of One Hundred and Fifty Thousand Dollars ($160,000). 2. The party of the third part agrees to deliv¬ er said stock to Mr. Edison as and when said notes are paid and in amounts corresponding to said payments. 3. It is mutually agreed that Mr. Edison shall )e entitled to vote all of said stook whether the same ihall have been delivered to him or shall be in esorow in 2 [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] the hands of the party of the third part, and for this pur¬ pose Mr. Edison shall be entitled to have all of said Btoofc registered in his name upon the books of said Wisoonsin Cabinet and Panel Company. 4. If any of said notes shall not be paid within thirty days after due presentment of the same for payment, the party of the third part, after giving reasonable notice to Mr. Edison and the Chair Company, shall sell suoh portion of the stook then in its hands as shall be equal in faoe value to the faoe value of the note or notes so presented for payment and remaining unpaid, at a'publio sale or at a private sale at which both parties are represented, and shall apply the proceeds thereof first to the payment of the note or notes then due and unpaid, and secondly, any balance remaining shall be paid to Mr. Edison. IH WITIIESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have exe¬ cuted this agreement the day and year first above written. LpG AL DEPARTMENT orange, n.j. January 18, 1917 Mr. E. W. Kellow, Secretary, Wisconsin Cabinet & Panel Co.* laboratory. I hand you herewith the following documents for your files:~ / / i * Certified oopies of minutes of stockholders and directors j /meetings of Wisconsin Chair Company, held Hovember 20, 1916, rati- K' v fyirig’ the-, agreement of Hovember 17 , 1916 between Wisconsin Chair Company. and Thomas A. Edison / • * letter of December 11, 1916 from Wisconsin Chair Company Vto Mr. Thomas- A. Edison, agreeing to change of name of new oorpora- < tion from Wisconsin Cabinet and Veneer Company to Wisconsin Cabinet ^ and Panel Company ■L • Copy of Mr. Edison's reply to Wisconsin Chair Company f\ ''dated December 19, 1916 / Copy, of ^certificate of incorporation of Wisconsin Cabinet Vand Panel Company. with endorsement showing_, that the same was re- K oeived in the Clerk's offioe :of Essex County, on December 20, 1916 and recorded in Book S7 kf Inc. Buss. Co' on page 327. Bill of sale from Wisconsin Chair Company to Wisconsin j Cabinet and Panel Company covering active inventory and equipment, * machinery, tools and fixtures. I Assignment dated January 2, 1917 from WiBoonsin Seating Jcorapany to Wisconsin Cabinet and Panel Company of Edison Phonograph WorkB contracts and orders. i Assignment dated January 2, 1917 from Wisconsin Chair Co. 4 to Wisconsin Cabinet and Panel Company of Edison Phonograph Works N | contracts and orders. V Assignment dated January 2, .1917 from WisoonBin Seating , -^Company to Wisoonsin Cabinet. and Panel Company of contracts and \v orders on sohediile / certified oopies of minutes of directors and stockholders |< V meetings of Wisconsin Chair Company held January 6, 1917. J Certificate of Secretary of State of Wisoonsin of regis¬ tration of Wisoonsin Cabinet and Panel Company to do business in Wisoonsin. fX suggest that this oertifioate he inserted in the minute' hook) . V Certified oopies of resolutions adopted at stockholders and directors meetings of Wisoonsin Chair Company held December 29, 1916. The deed from Wisoonsin Chair Company to Wisoonsin Cabinet and Panel Company for the real property acquired at Hew London has been sent to Mr. Erugmeier and by him filed for recording at Apple- ton, the County Seat of Outagamie County. When the deed is returned it will be turned over to you. The mortgage from WisoonBin Cabinet and Panel Company to Fidelity Trust Company has been duly executed in quadruplicate by all parties. One oopy has been delivered to Fidelity Trust Company, two copies sent to Mr. Erugmeier, one to be recorded in the office of the Begister of Deeds at Appleton, and the other to be filed with the City Clerk at Hew London. I hand you herewith the fourth oopy for your files. The temporary bondB have been left with the Fidelity Trust Company for certification, the same to be delivered to the Treasurer of Wisoonsin Cabinet and Panel Co. as soon as evidence is furnished the Fidelity Trust Company of the .reoording and filing of ike mortgage. Mr. H. F. Miller has a reoeipt from the Fidelity Trust Company for these temporary bonds, iKur^ ns tlft.ea pr-laeory »»*■• »* '“t l° Hr Krugmeier end he •«»«. «• ‘h.t »" M* *“ ,„hlngt,n state B«* *>, delivery to Hr. h.nnet. “ «-“»* "f L oo»ln Chair «. It « — ~ — * — * “ *“ rtXl be obtained from Wisconsin Chair Company. Por the present, I am holding the aSreement dated « 6' 19X7 between Wisconsin Chair Co., J. U. Bostwiok, V.-A. Dennett, H. Dennett and Wisconsin Cabinet and PaneX Co., and the waivers received pursuant to said agreement. I am also holding the copies of the agreement dated ^ January 8. 19X7 between Wisconsin Chair Company, Thomas A. Edison . and Fidelity Trust Company. h. ,o«» a. I receive the receipt lor the »etee. I rill arrange ,1th yea or Hr. HUL. to ..po.lt «■» »»■“* , . . . +n va held by it as security Company the shareB of stock which for the notes. ’ Hatter, retiring farther attention Ihelh.e the g«lt el*. deed to he giver By »>■' “J 5““1 *“ steins. Hr. Krogneler i. preparing eneh n toed. I have ale. nritten to Hr. Bennett ashing hi. nhe-her Mrthlw ha. he.n dene in the matter of the release or rseonvep— « *• .—»* grated to Hilnanhee hah, Chore * ".stem Bailroad Chmpany on O.oh street. Phi. rill also »rve to re.i.d pen that the ante «•««■*" Cabinet and Pane! Co.,.., shonld appear on the board at the gat.hone. to indioate that this eo.pany haB ltB ofllee at the labors ory. Certain reports of WisoonBin Cabinet and Panel Company will have to be filed from time to time in Hew Jersey and Wisconsin. I suggest that you consult the legal Department with referenoe to these reports. I should say that the papers described in the foregoing items marked * should be placed in Mr. Edison's files and the remaining paperB in the files of Wisconsin Cabinet and panel Company. Please acknowledge receipt of the doouments enolosed herewith. Yours very truly. HEHRY LAH.AEM EHCS. Copies to Messrs. Chas. Edison, Mambert and H. F. Miller Mr. B. W. Kellow:- Be plying to your memorandum Ho. 1008 of March 8, 1917, I do not think the error in the second paragraph of the agreement dated January 8, 1917 between Wisconsin Chair Company, Thomas A. Edison and. Fidelity Trust Company will ever oause any trouble. The sale referred to has already been made and the proper number of shares, namely, 2000, transferred. Furthermore, by reference to the agreement between the Wisconsin Chair Company and Mr. Edison, dated November 17, 1916, it could always be shown that it was intended that 2000 shares of Wisconsin Cabinet and Panel Company stock would be sold by Wisconsin Chair Company to Mr. Edison. Henry Lanahan HL-JS gallon. 1 taka this opportunity to thank you for your kind offer to buy all the Toluol because X am just going away and this deal will leave no worries behind me about the plant. I expeot to be gone for several months but ^ will bo baok here sometime next, summer and in the meantime % I will investigate the Japanese market for different products * of company, and expeot to be able to oontinue to do buelnesa with you as well as ever. With kindest regards. Yours very truly Sfafesaa -■a lafoisaod no oooo tiiie e£0 that 11 '™“ ™ _, , __ __ f.o.-h. Woodward, mtsui’B 0loo, that tho ulteul1* Company 'a otatcnont of Alabama. Honuvor; you w111 191? to Jnno 30, 1917 that promo ^ ^^oflvS^or ^St '^ Cu'on Soluol. they tovo not-op a natter thlo nomlns ™d ho . Mlteui & Conpasff. •, 3: a ffet. 21s 1; . 1916. Mitsui & Company., limited , 26 Madison Avenue. Mew York City. attention of Mr. Shunzo Takakl. Dear Sir: I have received your favor of the 16th instant in regard to ike Phenol Plant in Japan, and wish to say In regard thereto that your letter is in accordance w ith the conversations that we have had on the subject. I am quite satisfied to trust en¬ tirely to Mitsui & Company, limited as to any profits that I may receive in the future from the Phenol -Plant to be installed and operated in Japan according to my plans and -according to the instructions given to your Mr. Patsiuai. Yours very .truly, ' wet). Slst. 1916. Mitsui & Company, limited, 2& AttentionofJ^Shuns^ ^ -favor of *fclie 17*h ■jmae-^^ekVvSB =• ^process to my complete satisiaoti j. ^ alwayB make a — **. tM ou However, if i *1™ X'jSlf o?”“l«««e» «“ “f henol Heat, “““ B»«»i “‘’‘.'SS'jiX £5SW»&2Kak WAS i- i&ke a new arrangement un _ in Jap&fl 1 •»«“ ™ 01 th' “■ *5” Sffc^W ». - *«• Yours very truly. frr Ur. V. H. Ueadov/croft, Assistant to Ur. Edison: You will recall that Hr. Edison wrote ilitsui d Company Febru¬ ary 21, 1916 in connection with their Phenol Plant in Japan that he was satisfied to trust entirely to them as to any profits which he might receive in the future from this plant. I have never seen any writ tenement be¬ tween Hr. Edison and Hitsui & Company covering rate of royalty to be pard on this Japanese Plant. X am wondering how long the royalties are to be paid and whether I ought to maintain a follow-up to bring it to your attention 1533-1-780-818 July 2 6, 1920. Mitsui & Go. , Ltd., 66 Broadway, Haw York, H.Y. Gentlemen: Atten: Mr. Shun Bomura: Referring to the letter which you sent a few weeks ago to Mr. Edison in regard to your Phenol Plant in Japan, and in whieh you expressed your regret, that it had not made any profits in the last year, Ur. Edison wishes me to write to you and say that he volun¬ tarily oanoelB the oontraot with you, and does not expect any further payments from you as royalty. Mr. Edison realizes and appreoiatoB your fair and upright dealings with him in the past, and hopes there may be oooauion in the future to have a renewal of pleasant business transactions with you. ^ Yours very truly. Assistant to Ur. Edison. W. Kellow. THOMAS A. EDISON,. PERSONAL Office of Secretary September 23rd, 1920. Mr. Meadoworofti May I jog your memory ae to my memorandum of September 13th suggesting that you kindly give us a memorandum of the agreement between Ur. Edison and Mitsui & Company in oonneotlon with the Phenol Plant in Japan so that this memorandum !| ^ j: might be filed with Mr. Edison's papers in this connection ? If ^ ^ \ there was a written agreement covering this it ought to go into j- *s I Mr, Edison's files, : I don't wish to hurry you unduly but thought that ' ' • the matter may have escaped your attention. ■■ ^ ^ JS*. *1 , *>•+ . it* > ^ ^ *" k>- , *»■**» ) •'***■'! ^ ** Kf* r *?>*$,*' \i~J x'\> \ J>‘f i' Legal Series Richard W. Kellow File 1917 Deeds - Ezra L. Wean, George Haycock (1917, 1921) [env. 9] Lease to Marcus Lusk (1917-1920) [env. 12] Correspondence ~ Hirzel Royalty (1917-1919) [env. 66] Contract with Miller Reese Hutchison (1917) [env. 156] License from Charles T. Dally (1917) [env. 158] Assignment from Heinrich H. Meno Kammerhoff (1917) [env. 159] Correspondence -- Glenmont Buildings - Mina Edison (1917) [env. 164] Assignment from Robert Bachman and Charles Norton (1917) [env. 174] Correspondence -- Edison Electric Appliance Co. (1917-1920) [env. 176] BARGAIN AND SALE AND ‘‘QUIT CLAIM DEED. fmleirtmt. Made this fourteenth ... in the year of our Lord, one thousand nine hundred J232Si525s_ ' dayof.JS».« . BETWEEN Ezra L. Wean of the town of Oxford in the county of Warren and State of New Jersey ^ (unmarried) party of the First Part, and Thomas A. Edison of the city of Orange, county of Essex and State of New Jersey. party of the Second part, OTItneseetb, That the said party of the First Part, for and in consideration of the sum of Qn0 doliar . kI“” “a K, n— , ”a * Tn”’ p.„.™ do.. bWi., «>•■. ““ *h- “a the Second Part, hi. heirs and assign/nil. that lot, tract or pnroal of Ian premia.., hereinafter p«tloal«rly d..crlh.d, .1W »a ».1»B m th. of Oxford in th. county of Parr.. end state of ». *—• “:;r:r : =. ».». - — . — - - th.no. along B.lrld.r. Av.nn. (1) Kortk ’'*al ““ '”“‘ :::„d - « — *-* - - — - - *■ - :r* .long ..Id lot Ko. 3 (0) South forty-three degree. Post ■"“W ” to th. Boundary U~ of »• »• ^ ’ ““ “ " w (3, south forty-seven degrees w.=t — f..t to — * ■ Z *L seventy-flv. dograo. Bast — - « “ containing .event... hu.dr.dth. of - «■ - ^ 1 A 2 a. 1. marked out on « draft of land of Joseph »• ~ v doc. as ad, at Oxford F«m.C, «»•» M Being th. ,™ land- and preml.ee conveyed to Bar. B. *•» W C. Myers hy deed dated May 17th, 1917. Cogetber with all and singular the rights, liberties, privileges, hereditaments and appurtenances to the same belonging or appertaining, and' alBo.al) the estate, right, title, interest, property, claim and demand whatsoeverKboth at law and in equity, of the said party of the First Part, of, in and to the said premises, with the appurtenances. To nAVB and TO;HOlip. the above-mentioned and described premises, with the appurtenances, unto the said party of the Second Part, heirs and assigns, to the only proper use, benefit and behoof of the said party of the Second Part hi 8 heirs and assigns forever. In mitnces Ctthereof, The said party of the First Part have .hereunto set his hand and seal the day and year first above written. IK THE PKESENOE Or • } State of JHew Jersey, •> in the year of our Lord one thousand nine hundred « before the subscriber C5<- ice^^Ueur- ax- c^co«^c^tM fw $L^Je^ tytf f?ry / This Indenture, October , ^ T i MADE the seventh day of Sep-tomber , in the year of Our Lord | One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-One j Between THOMAS A. EDI30H and MIHA U. J5DIS0H, his wife, of the Town of West Orange in the County of Essex S and State of Hew Jersey , of the First Part ; And ■ - u GEORGS HAYCOCK of the Township of Oxford , in the County of Warren and State of Hew Jersey , of the Second Part. Ulitnessetl), That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of One Dollar and other good and valuable considerations, j lawful money of the United States of America, to them in hand paid, by the said party of j the second part, at or before the ensealing and delivery of these presents, the receipt i whereof is hereby acknowledged, have granted, bargained, sold, aliened, remised, released, j conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do grant,- bargain, sell, alien, \ remise, release, convey and confirm unto the said party of the second part, and to his heirs and assigns forever, nil that lot, c j tract or parcel of land and premises, hereinafter particularly described, situate, lying and | being in the Township of Oxford in the County of i Warran u . , and State of Hew Jersey. Bounded and described an follows: Beginning at a oorner of Belvldere Avenue and Zulauf's Alley, and runs thence along Belvldere Avenue (1) Horth forty-seven degrees West one hundred and twenty-four and two tenths feet to the oorner of lot Ho. 3; thenoe along said lot Ho. 3 (8) South forty- three degrees West seventy-five feet to the boundary line of lot Ho. 5, thenoe along lot Ho. 6 and an alley way (3) South forty-seven degrees West seventy-three feet to Zulauf'B Alley (4) Horth seventy- five degrees EaBt ninety feet to the place of Beginning, containing seventeen hundredths of an aore of land and oontains lots Ho.l & 8 ai is marked out on a draft of land of Joseph u. Roseberry, Sr., de- 068863, at Oxford Furnace, Warren County, Bew Jersey. Being the same land and premises oonveyed to said Thomas A. Edison by Ezra 1. Wean by deed dated June 14. 1917 and recorded in the Clerk's Office of Warren County. In Book 208 of Deeds, p. 366. Toother with all and singular the tenements, hereditaments, and appurtenances there¬ unto belonging or in anywise appertaining, and the reversion and reversions, remainder and remainders, rents, issues, and profits thereof. fllUt alSO, all the estate, right, title, property, possession, claim and Interest, ’To ’ . demand whatsoever, as well in law as in equity, of, the said party of the first part, of, in, or to the above described premises, and every part and parcel thereof, with the appurtenances. To Have and to Hold, all and singular the above mentioned and described premises, together with the appurtenances unto the jaid party of _ he Ira and assigns forever. Jlnd the said pany ifiiii finl.pittdo es for himself, his heirs, exeoutors ana administrators covenant and grant to and with the said party ofthe |econdpart, ^ia heirs ! and assigns, that he the said »8,h^iaoE»a s . not done, caused, suffered or procured to be done, any act, matter or thing, whereby the title of the said party of the, second part, of, in and to the above granted, bargained and described land and premises, or any part thereof can or may be changed, charged altered or defeated in any way whatsoever In Ulitne$$ ttlbmof , the said party of the first part ha hereunto set the lr hands and seal 0 the day and year first above written. Signed, Sealed and Delivered in the presence of (sgnd) H.A.Altengarten State of Bern Jersey, j ' County of BS3KX j Be it Remembered, That on this Seventh day of October, cky-of — -&e}>£eabe-r- in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred Twenty-One , before me, a Notary Public for the State of New Jersey, personally appeared THOMAS A. EDISON and MINA U. EDISON, his wife, who, I am satisfied are the grantors mentioned in the within Indenture, and to whom I first made known the contents thereof, and thereupon they acknowledged that they signed, sealed and delivered the same as their voluntary 'act and deed, for the uses and- purposes therein expressed : And the said MINA M. EDISON being by me privately examined, separate and apart from he r husband , acknowledged that she signed, sealed and delivered the. same as her voluntary act and deed, FREELY, without any fear, threats or compulsion of her said husband. . (sgnd) H.A.Altengarten ■ >■ ■‘.•.fr-'v--. - - - —No tarykPub lio—S-tate— of— N ew -Jersey — Commission expires {lay 17, 1935 !« i* ■ 9j§ in 8 out th, gr.ln «• '•»=’' tM j and. at the direction of th. l.s.or, haul on.-half the amount so raised and produced to such market as the lessor may direct, a distance not exceeding five miles from the farm buildings. The lessor is to have delivered to him as afore¬ said, the one-half of the wheat, rye, oatB, buckwheat, com and potatoes and apples produced on the farm, the remaining one-half to be and remain the property of the lessee; the garden truck and other products grown on the premises to be the property of the lessee. The lessor hereby agrees to furnish one-half of all the seed for sowing and planting and one-half of all the commercial fertilizer used on the farm; the lessee is to furnish the other half of such seed and fertilizer and also furnish the teams, harness, wagons and other imple¬ ments necessary for the carrying on of the farming opera¬ tions on said farm. The lessee having the privilege of keeping on the farm six cows and young cattle and the usual number of hogs and shoats and chickens and other poultry. The lessee further agrees that he will do all the work of farming the said farm according to the custom of farming in the neighborhood, and will give his attention to the work so the same is done satisfactory to the lessor. The lessee further agrees to remove no hay, corn¬ stalks, straw or manure from the farm. The lessee agrees to keep the brush out down on the premises and keep the fences in the repair they are in at this time. The lessee is also to sow in the spring season at the proper time, clover Beed at the rate of not less 2 than four quarts to the acre; each party furniBhing one-hali of the said seed, and also to sow timothy seed with the fall grain, eaoh party furnishing one-half thereof. The hay, corn and other produce shall he insured in the name of the lessor and lessee, eaoh paying one-half of the insuranoe rates on the crops, the loss, if any, to he payable one-half to the lessor and one-half to the lessee. She lessee is to sow the fall orop in the year and reserves the right to reap and harvest the same the next following season and to store the same on the premises in the buildings and in stacks, and to thresh out the same therein; and he is to deliver the lessor's share to market as above mentioned. The lessor hereby reserves to the Edison Portland Cement Company and its assigns the right to use the quarries now worked by it and to open new quarries on the premises, to use the railroad tracks and sidings now on the premises and to build new ones thereon and to run trains and to go over the demised premises at such places and at such times as said Edison Portland Cement Company or its assigns and agents or any of them may deem proper and necessary to do so. If in said operations the said lessor or his agents or representatives shall do or cause to be done to the growing crops of the said lessee any damage whatever, the said lessor shall make compensation for such damage to the lessee; if they do not agree upon the amount of the damage so sustained, eaoh party thereto shall select an appraiser by whioh the damage shall be estimated or as¬ certained, and before the two appraisers begin their esti- 3 mate ana ascertainment, they shall choose ah umpire who shall determine the difference between the appraisers; and the award of any two of the three in writing signed by them shall determine and settle the amount of the damage to be so paid. The lands that may be taken for the construction of the new road through the premiBeB recently laid out by the surveyors of the highways of the county of Warren, shall be exoepted from the premises hereby agreed to be leased. And, also, all the lands and premises now used by the said lessor, or his representatives, the Edison Eortland Cement Company, in the business of quarrying limestones and the transportation of ihe same, and by the teams, wagons and workmen in connection with suoh quarrying, are excepted from the operations of this lease. The lessee shall have the use of the dwelling hous< bam and other farm outbuildings on the premises; but the buildings and fixtures and all the machinery and equipment belonging thereto erected or to be erected thereon or used 1 thereon by the Edison Portland Cement Company shall not be subject to this lease. At the end of 12ie term hereby created, to-wit, Ion April 1, 1919, the lessee agrees to surrender possession of the demised premises to the lessor, in as good condition as they are at this time, reasonable wear and tear and acci¬ dents by the elements excepted. 1 On the failure of the lessee to surrender suoh possession, the lessor may avail himself of the right to tahs and use all lawful ways and means and legal procedure under the laws of Mew Jersey for the removal of a tenant holding I over after the expiration of his term, anything herein con¬ tained to the contrary notwithstanding. 4 wmm [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] nm "V f;' ’ : r.*'Vv . -'V‘W>'/ - g§p;g|i£l§|l '■:‘ ,: ■ "' - Li.?" i:i >5 :wiojj' ?{°He fix .tpo mruR EDISON, PERSONAL. Of floe of Seoretary Thomaf You will recall that you the okford Quarry premises to a ofL the- value. Of the products harvested. Ihis indicated THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL Ottiao of Secretary JUNCTION! Edison Benzol Plant, Woodward, Alabama Edison Benzol Plant, Johnstown, Pa. SUBJECT! Hoyalty - Hirzel. /•A ' December 26, 1917. ^ rtf / |xLwd-«rt " In May 1916 Ur. Edison transmitted through you to v Mr. Harry Miller, then Seoretary of the personal lntereatsa try “ ’“ch “ r^. X lAXp^cT "^e "I want to puV-^sicLe 1/40 a gallon as royalty's .*». i/f" ,>/ to Hirzel on each gallon of Benzol and Toluol shipped from Cambria. I use his patent and can't reach him. v**- '*<***■ Woodward also. ThisM ^ This royalty haf’^iTset up on the books oflthe Woodward and Johnstown plants, which have been operated by Mr, Edison, but X I do not know that the Woodward Iron company or the Cambria steel Co. ^have ever set up a reserve to take oare of this. Have you ever 7 f notified them to do so from your office? If not, should we n ''fldvl a a the Woodward Iron Qomnany and the Cambria Steel Co'mpan ''advise the Woodward Iron oompany and the Cambria steel company of the circumstances, so that they may if they see fit, set up a reserve to cover their royalty. I understand that Hirzel' s patent covers the distilling apparatus, and assume that both' Woodward iron company and Cambria Steel CO. have Hirzel stills in use. However, in any case, they would no doubt use the still connected with Mr. Edison's plant if [ they decide to buy over these plants on the date Mr, Edison's [ contract with them expires. As suggested by you over telephone in our conversation this morning, you will take this matter up with Mr. Edison and get his advice as to whether Cambria people. a should write the WoodwaW and P.S.— ' Very ‘likely the Dominion iron & Steel Company are also using the Bame kind of still... Should we notify them, • . perhaps there may .be . some, legal liability falling upon . Mn. Ed is- , in view of i is r v ine been irnn-'thd d the jn.'i g 1!) £ rttiio va io jJ.‘ i *■ , >u’i /en - ! T 1 rat J by him. I think this natter should be looked into when we Copies to»- have Mr. Edison' a advice. 1883-1-760-917 . . . February 13, 1918 16, 1917 Mr. Kellow:- Your attached memorandum Mo. 2237 of Deoembe: addressed to Mr. Meadowcroft has been referred to I understand that the benzol plants operated by the Woodward Iron Company, the Cambria Steel Company, and the Dominion Iron and Steel Company were each constructed in accordance with directions given by Mr. Edison and each contained stills similar to that disclosed in U. S. patent No. 991,205 to Hirzel. I see. no advantage, however, in giving to these companies any notice of the Hirzel patent or of Mr. Edison's reservation of a certain amount in connection with the plants operated by him as a royal¬ ty to be paid to Hirzel, for the following reasons:- . (1) The giving of such. notice would in no way relieve Mr. Edison from or otherwise affect any liability. which he may have incurred. •(2) ihe giving of such notice would not relieve these companies from any liability to Hirzel. (3) Assuming that the Hirzel patent is valid, there is no way to determine what the correct measure of damages for infringement of this patent would be. (4) With reference to the Dominion Iron and Steel Co., we do not know whether there is a Canadian patent on the Hirzel Having i, view Hr. Hdi.on’. ««««» « »«“ in. gneeii.n a. « — « - *“ anonid He given eo.P«ie. referred « Herein. aided ng Hr. Hdi.on .«.r -.O' «- »— ^ WH-JS Secretarial Service Department THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL Function! SUBJECT l .Edison Benzol Plants and Johnstown, Pa, Hirzol Royalty. Woodward, Ala, Memorandum No. /{’Jfj Date June(fl2) 1919. V/e have credited the account of Heinrich Hi reel on the hooks of the Woodward Benzol Plant with $3300.67 and on the hooks of the Johnstown Benzol Plant $1320.42, a total of ^4,629.09 for Royalty which you asked us to set aside for him. Do you still have it in mind to make this payment to Hirsel when conditions have settled down a little moro, and some kind of business relations are resumed with his country? 1 had this matter up with the Legal Department some time ago aid air. Hardy advised me that he could see no advantage in notifying the Woodward Iron Company or the Camhjda ateel Company of the circumstances in connection with Hirzel's »i«rl , or in your re¬ serving a certain amount as royalty, and gave us his reasons the following: (1) The giving of such notice would in no way relieve you from or otherwise affect any liability which you might have in¬ curred. (2) The giving of such notice would not relieve these companies (Woodward Iron Company and Cambria Steel Company) from any liability to Hirzel. (3) Assuming that the Hirzel patent is valid, there is no way to determine what the correct measure of damages for infringe¬ ment of this patent would be. (4) So far as the Dominion Iron & Steel Company is concerned, the Legal Department does not know whet tor there is a Canadian patent on the Hirzol still. We have never given notice to Woodward Iron Company, Cambria Steel company and Dominion Iron & Steel Company thit Hirzel may be interested in their proposition. \\ \ You na y -4 hink\thu tNunder sa 11 the clVcun\tanoe^.it Jilt b^jWt asNtgll nbt to^aendXbis lsaney N^HiVzel.V V, \ 1533-1-750-10-18 Secretarial Servioe Department THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL Function! Edison Benzol Plant at Woodward, Ala, and Johnstown, Pa, SUBJECT! Hirzel Royalty Jfi\ J( ytjuti. Memorandum No. Cate June IB, 1919. /•H*- A. ilr. Thomas A. Edison: VU^ttJL C&&& We have cWdited the aooount of Heinrioh Hirzel 0 the hooks of the Woodward. Benzol Plant with $8300,67 and on the hooks of the Johnstown Benzol Plant $1328.42, a totals of $4,629.09 for Royalty which you asked us to set aside for him. cS^~ CKJ~*JC^ £■'-* Do you still have it in mind to make this payment to Hirzel when conditions have settled down a little more, and some kind of business relations are resumed with his country? - * " s matter up with the LegaL Department so Me I had this matter up with the LegaL I time ago and Mr. Hardy advised me that he could see no advantage in notic¬ ing the Woodward Iron Company or the Cambria Steel Company of the circumstances in connection with Hirzel’s still, or in your reserving a certain amount as • » V royalty, and gave as his reasons t^J^Jov^ng^^^ ^ (1) The giving of such notice would in no way relieve you from l jS . « or otherwise affect 'ary liability which you might have in/" J ^ v- K curred. WlL .sc .C^T *«-& & K (2) The giving of such notice would not relieve these companies V’S ' (Woodward Iron Company and Cambria Steel Company) from any • J liability to Hirzel. ' S' j Sj (3) Assuming that the Hirzel patent is valid, there Cjjno way Cj A ^ to determine win t the correct measure of damages fo^ infringe- ~ 'V. ment of this patent would be. y' (4) So far as the Dominion Iron & Steel Compazy isroonoerned, the Legal Department does not know whether there i\^ijanadian patent on the Hirzel still. We have never given notice to Woodward Iron Company, Cambria Steel Company and Dominion Iron & Steel Company that Hirzel may be interested in their proposition. I know the t when you started work on the Benzol plants in 1915, you voluntarily laid aside a snail. percentage as royalty for Hirzel, intending to give it to him after the War was over. At that time the United States did not contemplate entering the War, or at least, had not done so. If you adhere to your original policy and pay the money to Hirzel, might he not deoline to reoeive it and sue you for a much larger sum? In other words, is Copies tot- 1533-1-750-10-18 it not better to "let sleeping doge lie?" 1 have talked over this aBpeot of the situation with Mr Hardy of the Legal Department, and he is inclined to feel that you would be in better position from a legal standpoint if you do not mate the payment, beoause you then have not admitted anything. Your making the payment would be an admission that you had used the patent, Mr, Hardy has also told me something that you may already know, but which was news to me, that is,tlat after this country got into the War, a manufacturer who could show n sufficient excuse for so doing, could obtain a license from the United States Government to manufacture goods under German patents. In other words, the United States Government, according to Mr. Hardy, assumed the ri@it to issue licenses to use the processes covered by these German patents as a War measure. So far as I am informed, no action was taken on your behalf at the time of opening these plants to secure such Governmental authority to use the processes under this German patent, and I do not suppose that it will be worth virile to try to protect yourself in some suoh manner by taking the matter up now if it could be done, since the plants have been closed and all operations have ceased. However, in case any action we e brought against you, it seems to me that it would be a good contention to se up that you were justified in using this patent, as many of your products found their way to our Allies against Germany and to manufacturers of munitions in this country who were working on Government contracts . If the above outlines the situation clearly enough for you to come to a decision, will you please tell me whether or not I am to dis¬ continue this account on my books for you? Of course there is no reason why X cannot keep ths aocount on the books for some years without making any payment to Hirzel until it seems advisable to dispose of it. ’ :ellov, Bdiphoned 24 [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] MEMORANDUM Mr. Hardy of Legal Service Department on June 26, 1919 aaye in connection with royalty for Heinrich Hirzel sot up on hooka in connection with operations of Woodward and Johnstown Benzol Plants that patent laws restrict damages that may he recovered hy a patentee on a- suit for infringonent to the amount of damage he can show to have been suffered over a period of only six years next prior to the date his suit for damages is instituted. If Hirzel does not sue until after six years, from the date of closing operations of the Benzol plant, he could not recover. Function! E4iton Banzol Plant at Woodward, Ala. » « " * Johnstown, Pa. SUBJECT! Hirzel Royalty Memorandum No. Date . . J Mr. J. H. Smith, Bookkeeper, Thomas A. Edison Personal: At the time tbs Woodward hooks are finally closed we shall have to dispose of the account* in tbs Accounts Payable hedger with Heinrich Hirzel, which has been oredited with the royalty set up arbitrarily by Mr. Edison on the basis of output of this plant, and shall teve to do the same thing in connection with his account*, on the books of the Johnstown plant. To prepare for this, please make Journal entries on the accounts for eaoh of these plants, charging Accounts Payable, Heinrich Hirzel, and crediting an account in General ledger entitled "He serve for Hirzel Royalty." Make explanation in your Journal Entries as follows: ■This account covers royalty set up on an arbitrary rate based on quantity production by Mr. Edison without knowledge of Mr, Hirzel on account of the fact that Mr. Edison used apparatus shown on Hirzel patent in connection with his Benzol plants. Mr. Edison states that the 'patent was only on a detail, and neither are used now, in addition Hirzel patent was misleading and caused me a. lot of trouble.' Hirzel had no knowledge, so far as we are informed of Mr. Edison U use of his device. Mr. Edison's instructions to set up this royalty for Hirzel were given prior to the entrance of the United States into the world Whr. In view of later developments, in¬ cluding tbs entry of the United States into the world War, Mr. Edison has deoided to mke no paynant to Hirzel on thiB aooount unless he is required to do so. The amount is therefore cleared from Hirzel account and set up in reserve . ■ The sans entry and explanation should be made on each set of books, namely Woodward Plant and Johnstown Plant books. Whan tbs books for these plants are entirely closed up and the balance of remaining accounts are taken into the accounts of Thonas A. Edison Personal, a reserve account of the same title should be opened on the latter sat of books, with explanation along the lines of the above. On tbs Woodward books when you make the entry referred to above, nake note in ink on tbs ledger aocount that Mitsui & Coupany, selling agents for the Woodward plant are entitled to payment of one half of the amount Copies to:- 1633-1-750-618 of royalty sat -up, providing it is not required that the royalty he paid to Hirzel, imsmuch aa one half of the amount la charged to them under their selling arrangement with Mr. Edison and paid for by them. Cyrt i (j-tralC*- £lf-'S.GJl>P^X‘*T~JL( 4rinr&^J 0 We atoll prohahly have to carry this reserve account along on the hooka of Thomas A. Edison Personal for several years. X am advised hy the Legpl Department that our patent laws allow a patentee under a suit for Infringement dam gas for only the period of six years prior to the date his suit is instituted. If Hirzel therefore toes not bring suit until six years after the plant^ceased operation, toMvould not he able to recover any damages whatever. Ediphonod ? i May 88, 1917 Mr. Charles Edison I hand you herewith three copies of the last draft of the proposed agreement with Miller Beese Hutchison, Incorporated. I understand that this draft is satisfactory to Mr. Hutohison, except that he wishes the letter of modification changed so as to give him the privilege of selling Edison batteries to replace oertain Edison batteries in truoks owned by the United States Government and used in the Philippine Islands. I shall be glad to rewrite said letter to cover this point if you wish it done . HI-JS Henry Lanahan •He [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] West Orange, H.J. , January 1, 1917. Miller Heese Hutchison, Incorporated, West Orange, N. J. Attention Miller Beoee HutohlBon, President. Gentlemen i f VS,i T- The following are the termB , oonditlonB and prices upon which we, Edison Storage Battery Company, will fill your orders for Edison storage hatterieB , and parts and accessories thorefori Prices Submarine batteries - our list price leas §13.60 per K.W.H. Type A cells - 30# dlaoount from our list price • Type B oells - 30# discount from our list price Type G cells - 20# dlaoount from our list price Type J cells - 20# discount from our list price (Type M 8 oells - 30# discount from our list prioe i^Type K 20 oells - 30# dlaoount from our list prioi Parts and accessories Including electrolyte and bt boxes, same basis as other distributors at time of shipment. The list prices mentioned shall bo our standard list prices in effeot at the time of shipment of goods herewith. In addition to the net prices provided for heroin, we shall charge you ouch sums as may be necessary to cover such royalties as we may be required to pay to Mr. Thomas A* Edison on batteries sold for use in foreign countries* Terms Het oash within thirty deys from date of invoice with two paroent (2#) disoount for oash within ten days from date of invoioo It is understood and agreed that all expenses, in- dluding those for advertising, entertainment, telegraph, messenger am long-distance telophono service, etc. , incurred hy you in connection with the sale of batteries sqopllod hereunder, shall be borne Bolely by you. Except with our written consent, you are to dispose of goods purchased hereunder only for the following purposes! [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] (a) To fill orders for submarine batterlee and parte and aooeasorles therefor reoeived from the United Btatee Mary De¬ partment. ' (b) To flll'ordere for submarine batterlee and parte and aooeeaories therefor for use in submarine vessels belonging to or for use by and any and all foreign nations eawept Germany, Austria and Hungary. (6) To fill orders taken by you for batteries, and parte and aooessorles therefor, for the following named Federal De¬ partments of the United Statesi Bar, Havy, Treasury, Poet Office, Interior, Oonmeroe, labor and Agrioulture, Including gun firing and sight-lighting batteries and batterlee for wlrelosB operation and emergency lifting for use aboard United States Government owned vessels, but not Including batteries for the propulsion of vehloles M fneludiiw. t of any kind whatsoever running on wheels. btttivlio' . 0 (d) To fill orders received by you for batteries, nns parts and aooessorles therefor, for wireless operation on land or sea and for emergenoy lighting aboard vessels having American registry other than those owned by the United States Government. (e) To fill orders reoeived by you for batteries, and parte and aooessorles therefor, for use In portable searohlights oandle power. thousand employing lanps eaoh rated It is understood and agreed that you shall authorised In writing by us, export nor sell for export, wise dispose of any batteries or parts or aooessorles therefor for export or shipment, from the territory comprising the United States exoopt submarine oelle, the objeot of thlo provision being to proteot us against the sale of batteries,. parts and aooessories for use in those foreign territories in which we have exolusive agreements with;. rATTACHMENT/ENCLOSUREl gr It is understood and agreed that wo shall not bo liable for any delay in supplying goods hereunder due to any strike, fire, flood, war or any unavoidable oauee, or due to inability to obtain or delay ^ in obtaining material. It io furthermore understood and agreed that the acceptance of any order from you shall bo subject to suoh requirements ns we may deem necessary to soouro payment for the goods ordered, and we shall not be required to, fill any suoh orders until you have satis¬ factorily met our requirements in thiB respect. I All deliveries of goods hereunder shall be f. o.b. our faotory. 4P So long as this agreement shall continue, we will refer to you all of the following inquiries and orders i j>„Y-h #-*<-•<■ All inquiries and orders for submarine batterlee^xooeived by us for use in submarine vessels belonging to or for use by the navies of any and all nations, including the United States, and excepting Oermsny, Austria and Hungary. ~ i .£li inquiries and orders received by ue for batteries for 'wireless operation on land or sea excepting for use of railroads not V T ^ A. owned by the United States Government, ana ror emergency Aigireius 3 *4 aboard vessels having American registry , except ine; private yaohts, and ^ 4. 4 J excepting such inquiries and orders ae we shall receive from other $ ? partiee in foreign countries with whom we now have exclusive contracts j J , for the Bale of suoh batteries, or for batteries for use in territory covered by suoh contracts* £11 inquiries and orders received by us for batteries for use in portable searohligitB employing lamps eaoh rated at one thousand or more oandle power, except suoh inquiries and orders as we shall reoeive from other parties with whom we now have exclusive oontraote / for the Bale of suoh batteries , or for batteries for nee in territory / covered by auoh oontraots and exoepting alBO all inquiries and ordere / for Edison-la Franoe hand lanterns and batteries for suoh lanterns - 3 - [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] and all Inquiries and orders received from Amerlcnn-La France Fire Engine Company* It is understood and agreed that no battery sold here¬ under shall be guaranteed by us except under the standard guaranty of the Edison Storage Battery Company in use by us at the time of shipment of suoh battery and then only under the condition that the installation and equipment be approved by us and that such guaranty be requested within sixty days from the date of shipment by ue of the battery in question. Suoh guaranties are given by us only on oello usea only within the limits of the United States whloh for this pur¬ pose shall be oonsidered not to include its insular possessions, Alaska or the Panama Canal Zone. It is also Bpeoifically understood and agreed that during this contract or any extensions of same, that you will not direotly or indirectly sell or promote the Bale of any Storage Battery other than that made by us. This agreement shall oontinue only so long ao your selling methods and tho volume of business reoeived hy us fron you shall be satisfactory to us and Hr. Thomas A. Edison, and if at any time your selling mothode or tho volume of business reoeived hy us from you shall he unoatiefaotory to us or to Hr. Thomas A. Edison or his suooessor in the ownership of the foreign selling rightB oovered hereby, we shall not he required thereafter to fill any orders here¬ under or' to refer to you any further orders or inquiries. This agreement taxes offeot January 1, 1917 and super¬ sedes and takes tho plaoe of any and all prior agreements with you and with your President, Hr. Hiller Beese Hutohison, relating to - 4 - [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] v - \. \ \ sales of Edison Storage Batteries, and parts and accessories therefo whether suoh prior agreements wero made with Mr. Thomas A. Edison poraonally^or with us. Yoore very truly, EDIBOH STORAGE BATTERY OOMPAMY By _ Accepted and agreed tot UX1LEB REESE HUTCHISON, INCORPORATED By - President Approved: J M. H, Hutohlson, 3>lM 0 f Soiling Diva, of 8. 8. B. 00. Proponed now Coupon/ - H. 8, Hutohlson, Ino. Continuously lognl iServloo Department, Secretarial Scrv. Dept, of E.S.B. Co. 4§±5 6/19/17 1 Mr, Kutohloom Eaoloiod please find signed agreement. You will note that one paragraph whleh appeared In former drafts has been omitted. This paragraph Staten that tho Battery Company *111 refer all orders and Inquiries received by them for wireless operation on land or eea. excepting for une of Railways not owned by the United States Government and for emergenoy lighting aboard vessels having Amorloan registry, oxcoptlng private yaohts and exooptlng such In¬ quiries end ordore as we shall receive from other parties In foreign countries with whom wo now have exclusive con¬ tracts for the sale of suoh batteries or for batteries for use in territory covered by suoh aontraot. The decision to omit this paragraph was arrived at by the Board of Direotore, Including Mr, Edison, after very oareful consideration, and as the Board could not see where tho omission of it will work sny ronl hardship on , your company, we trust that you will be agreeable to tho now draft as ohanged. Among other things that led the Board to ite decision wes the feet thet your organisation as at present constituted did not seem capable of covering the situation adequately. If in the future yeu have built up your organi¬ sation to a point where it is demonstrating Its ability to handle the entlro matter for the Battory Company, It may be possible to re-open the question. As to tho othor ohsnges In the new draft, they arc only those that you yourself suggested. Trusting that tho enclosed agreement will be satlafaotory, I remain, "•r" ^rciie'.'Vdiion" istm. rnsi"t." [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Y/eBt Orange, N.J., Jamary 1, 1917J Miller Keese Hutchison, Incorporated, ^entlQPL Miller Beese Hutohison. Fret In our agreement dated January 1, 1917, it is provided that you are not to sell Edison Storage Batteries for the purpose of propelling vehioles of any kind running on wheels. notwithstanding the above provision we hereby consent that, until further notice, you my sell to the United States Govern¬ ment such batteries as it my order from you to replace lead batteries in vehioles for propulsion purposes , and also to replaoe the Edison Batteries in oertain trucks owned by the United States Government and used in the Phillipine Islands, the battery equipment for which was originally sold through your president, Mr. Hutchison. This consent shall not be construed to include initial battery equipment for the propulsion of vehicles, nor the replacement of Edison Batteries, for the propulsion of vehioles except in the aforesaid Phillipine Island truoto. I Attests Se Cretan ese hutohiboh, ihcobpobated [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] West Orange, N.J. , January 1, 191V* Miller Heeae Hutchison, Incorporated, West Orange, N.J. Miller BeeBe Hutchison, President. Gentlemen: The following are the terras, conditions and prices upon which we, Edison Storage Battery Company, will fill your orders for I Edison storage batteries, and parts and accessories therefor: Prices Submarine batteries - our list prioe less $13. 50 per 3C.W.H. Type A cells - 30% discount from our list prioe. Type B cells - 3$ discount from our list prioe. Type G cells - 20% discount from our list price. Type J cells - 20% discount from our list prioe. Type M cells - 30% discount from our list price. Type W oells - 30% discount fran our list prioe Parts and accessories including electrolyte and battery boxes. Bams basis as other distributors at time of Bhip- ra0ntThe list priceB mentioned shall be our standard list prices in effect at the time of shipment of goods here- Uadein addition to the net prices provided for herein, we shall charge you such suns as may to necessary to cover such royalties as we may be required to pay to Hr. A. Edison on batteries sold for use in foreign countries. Terms Met cash within thirty dayB fron date of invoice with II two percent (2%) discount for cash within ten days fron date of in- I voice. It is understood and agreed that all expenses, including. „„wJe for advertising, entertainne nt , telegraph, messenger and long- I distance telephone service, etc. , incurred by you in connection with 3 sale of batteries supplied hereunder, shall be borne Bolely by you. Except with our written consent, you are to dispose of | goods purchased hereunder only for the following purposes: (a) ®o fill orders for submarine batteries and parts and 1 accessories therefor received from the United States Navy Department. It is understood and agreed that you shall not, unless autlnrlzed in writing by us, export nor sell for export, nor other¬ wise dispose of any batteries or parts or accessories therefor for export or shipment fran the territory comprising the United States except submarine cells, the object of this provision being to protect us against the sale of batteries, parts and accessories for use in those foreign territories in vfeiohwe have exclusive agreements with It is understood and agreed t any delay in supplying goods hereunder due to any striXe, fire, flood. o inability to obtain or delay in obtaining material. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] It is furthermore understood a ad agreed that the aooeptanoe of any order from you shall be subject to suoh rea.uirements as we may deem neoessary to secure payment for the goods ordered, and we shall not be required to fill any suoh orders until you have satis¬ factorily met our requirements in this respect. All deliveries of goods hereunder shall be f.o.b. our factory. Orange, 1T.J. So long aB this agreement shall continue, we will refer to you all of the following inquiries and orders: All inquiries and orders for submarine batteries, parts and aooessories received by us for use in submarine vessels belonging to or for use by the navies of any and all nations, including the United States, and except ing Germany, Austria and Hungary. All inquiries and orders received by us for batteries for use in portable searchlights employing lamps each, rated at one thousand or more oandle power, except such inquiries and orders as we shall receive from other parties with whom we now have exolusive contracts for the sale of suoh batteries, or for batteries for use in territory covered by suoh contracts and excepting also all inquiries and orders for Edis on-la France hand lanterns and batteries for suoh lanterns and all inquiries and orders received from Amerioan-Ia France Fire Engine Compaq. It is understood and agreed that no battery sold hereunder shall be guaranteed by us except under the standard guaranty of the Edison Storage Battery Company in use by us at the time of shipment of suoh battery and then only under the condition that the in¬ stallation ani equipment be approved by U3 and that suoh guaranty be requested within sixty days from the date of shipment by ub of the battery in question. Suoh guaranties are given by U3 only on cells used only within the limits of the United States which for this pur¬ pose shall be considered not to include its insular possessions, Alaska or the Panama Canal Zone. It is also specifically understood [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] U.H.Bhtchisoa . Sales of Soiling Blv. of E.3.B.00. Proposed new Company - M.B.aitohlson, Ino. ...Juns 22,1917 Continuously. legal Servloo Department, ond Sooretarlal 3orvioo Dept, of SJ.D.B.Co. Ur. Henry innahng, legal Service Copt. Shore have boon handed to mo this morning copy of letter addressed to Hr. U. B. Sntohison by Ur. 3. B. Haobort, together with original- of oontraot dated Jon.’ lot, 1917 between the Edison Storage Battery Company and Miller Booso Hutohison, Ino. and modification of certain portion of thin con¬ tract also dated Jan. lot, 1917. I note that the contract in eignod by a Htttchlnon apparently an an Individual and ia approved by Show* A. Edison, wheroas tho modification lo not so signed or approved* Ho doubt, the papers uro in order ae they have been delivered to mo, but I am simply raising this point to raalco suro.fi: the modification of oontraot should bo eignod in exactly tho somo manner as Uio oontraot, m you no doubt wont to arrange this. B. 1 n. K|^o^3eoretaxy, secretarial 3ervioo Copt, of S. A. E. Personal. Ur. Chaa. Edison. M'uunox- H.B. Hutfe of E. Proposed new jhison Sales o . S.B . Co. company - II. S. f Selling Div. Hutohison, Inc. «- Continuously legal Servip'e Dept and Seo. Serv. Dept, of E.S.B. Co. Replying to your memoranda of June 22nd and 29th. The only object in having Hr. Edison sign the K. R. Eutch- 1 Inc. agreement personally is because the agreement relates to mentary letter was first prepared, it related only to the United States and it was not intended that Hr. Edison should sign it per¬ sonally. The letter was afterwards revised to permit the Kutchis Company to sell batteries to replace Edison batteries in certain trucks owned by the United States Government and used in the Philippine Islands. As so revised it might have been properly signed by Ur. Edison as an individual. I do not think, however, that it is a matter of sufficient importance to trouble Mr. Edisoi to sign the copies again, inasmuch as the main contract and the letter of amendment were executed at the same time and the main contract is marked approved by Hr. Edison. I am returning herewith the papers received with your memorandum of June 29th. Henry lanahan " SECRETARIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT OF THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL. Memorandum No. ' DIVISION«porKmal plant n, Ellvor Lnl ce, B, J* SUBJECT i •n.'narml Of Aold Valvos 1244 Date Bay nth, 1317 Kr, Delos Roldan, legal fsrvlco Depti for =. s. SS 17, 1916 jar. Allen, r£s^s?^ ft ss %>T*Blz as o^t0 Beat to ae sl*s?ly os an extract by Kr. Alisa, ■w* *.»*»£ S“J££2S &SoISS.“‘»» SSsSSr. rr^rHII'ir *!?££** SSS^2fSS?SSS « nsthod wo finally dloooreorod of^Socd the valve ray to* It can easily to ro¬ es4 rofprdleee m8 umd will over to r-ooeeuary originally fomlehod un. SO oro only toglad to give tto benefit of <»r tovrt W»at t° the^ SISH^K « them odont this valve at onoo*** \ June 14, 1917 Mr. R. W. Kellow:- ' Referring to your memoranda Hos. 1213 and 1244 addressed to Mr. Holden and dated May 6, 1917 and May 11, 1917 respectively, with reference to an invention relating to the renewal of aoid valves, the situation appears to he as follows :- Mr. Charles Dally olaims to have been the first to make this invention. He states that he made a sketch, about March, 1916, illustrating the invention^ the presenoe of Mr. Moss and Mr. W.H. Mason. Mr. Mason substantiates Mr. Daily's olaims, stating that he had Mr. Moss make up twenty-five or thirty valves under his direction and in accordance with the design of Mr. Dally, and that these valves were installed and in operation for some time, possibly one or two months, before Mr. W. S. Dowling became aware of their use. Some¬ what later, according to Mr. Dally, Mr. Sonnekalb filled a patent ap¬ plication on the invention, the rights to which have been assigned to Mr. Dowling. Mr. Dowling and Mr. Re ter A. RigbA^ are now ap¬ parently exploiting the invention -through the Bloomfield Valve Main¬ tenance Company. When Mr. Dally learned that Dowling aid his associates were trying to obtain .a patent on the invention, he proceeded to file an application thereon through Mr., Ralph H. Flint of #2 Rector Street, Hew fork. This applioatton^w^tt led by Mr. Dally on Maroh 16, 1917. Mr. Dally was^^^^^ty the,*ij?st tomake. tAis invention, and Mr. Holden and myself are of the opinionthat inorder to properly proteot ourselves in the use of the inventionjlitjwpuld be advisable -2- for us to take over the proseoution of Mr. Daily's application and to pay all further expenses in connection therewith in return for a lioense from Mr. Dally permitting the Edison affiliated interests to mate and use the invention. This proposition is entirely satis¬ factory to Mr. Dally. Will you kindly advise whether or not you wish us to take over the proseoution of Mr. Daily's application under the conditions stated. j c^4z/^ WH-JS 0.0. to Messrs. Chas. Edison, Mamhert and Allen h | j ki. i[r SECRETARIAL SERVICE DEPARTMENT OE THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL. 1 umnmV ^ *»1 JVjfefc^ - r---— - ” ' 9 1 i - . Ur. Edison: | Referring to the attsohed memoranda, let me explain: On October 17, 1917, George Morrison wrote to you JL. stating that they were going to merge the heating devioe business Jj lof the General Eleotrio Company, the Hotpoint Company and the J J Hughes Company. He stated that they were going to form a now Company whioh they wanted to oall the Edison Eleotrio Applianoe l ^Company, and he asked permission to use your name in this oonneotion. rjx On the same date Morrison wrote me a letter asking me j jTto present hi3 other letter to you in order that it might be iiirought to your personal attention. In aooordanoe with my custom, of letting you see everything, I pinned the letter addressed wo me to the letter whioh was addressed to you, and put them in your mail bag. «) J "I oan see no objection — Go ahead. E" fa 3 I asked you if I might send Morrison the letter with your original St pencil notation, and you said yes, and I sent it to him. f 'tteaA&t a. after /fi* oAmsJ On September V, 1918 .^Morrison wrote and said he would flike to o erne over and talk ¥o you about marking Borne of their (levioes with the name EDISON. An appointment waa made with him and he oame over and had a long talk with you, and you refused to give this permission. . You will see, therefore, that you gave them permission f to oall their new Company the EDISON KLECfRIC APPLIANCE 00.. but - you refused to give them permission to put your name on their appllanaes. Do you not think that I had better go over and see Mowwison and tall him that they are doing the very thing whioh you refused to sanotion, and let him know that you are muoh offendid about it. All that you have oonsented to, is the use of your name in their Company. I think it should also be followed up by formal letter addressed both to the General Eleotrio Co. and the Edison Eleotrio Applianoe Co., requesting them to stop their l using your name on eaoh applianoe. Vx I attaoh copies of all the correspondence hereto. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] COP Ootober 17, 1917. Thomas A. Edison, Esq. , Orange, Hew Jersey. Dear Ur. Edisont The eleotrlo heating devlos business has been In process of development for several years, and has reached a point in volume where it is beooming an important factor in the business of the eleotrioity supply oom- As you know, there are a- great variety of electric heating de¬ vices on the market, and each manufacturer has his own form of attaching plugs and oonnaotions for attaching these devioes to the circuits. In other words, the heating device business in this respect is oomparable with the condition of the lan?> business ten or twelve years ago when there was a great multiplicity of sockets used, and thiB condition, unless improved, is going to stand in the way of the development of this business. You will remember that the General Eleotrlo Company took the initiative several years ago in standardizing the Edison Sorew lamp Base to the exclusion of all other forms of bases in use prior to the period above referred to. Praotioally 100$ of the inoandesoent lamps used in the United States today have the Edison Sorew Base. It is our desire to bring about a standardization of the electric heating device business, and to this end we are contemplating putting together the heating device business of the General Eleotrlo Company, the Hotpoint Com¬ pany the Hughes Company, the combined business of these interests represent¬ ing 70$ of the total heating devioe business. _ If this consolidation oan be brought about, you will readily see what it will accomplish in the way of stand¬ ardization of this product. The new company will be a strong organization both financially and in personnel', and we hope that its position in the eleotrlo heating devioe field will be similar to that Of the Edison. lamp Works in the inoandesoent lamp field. It has occurred to the writer that this Company should bear the name of the man whose inventions in the eleotrioal field have made this eleotrlo heating devioe business possible, and I would like very much to have your permission to use your name in connection with the company it is proposed to incorporate to take over the business of the three interests above referred to. I have suggested that the new oonqmny be called the EDISOH ELECTRIC APPLIANCE COMPANY, and I would greatly appreciate your oonsent to the use of your name in this connection. Yours very sinoerely, (Signed) GEO. P. MORRISON. GFMsFB Tioe President [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] COPY GENERAL ELEOTRIO COMPANY 120 Broadway, Raw York, George F. Morrison Yioe President Sapt ember 4, 1916, Bear Will, I enclose oopy of letter I wrote Mr. Edison under date of October 17, 1917, requesting permission to use his name in connection with eleotrioal heating devioes; also oopy of letter I addressed to you Which aooompanied the communication to Mr. Biison, As I stated to you in my previous letter, I have always been interested in perpetuating Mr. Edison's name in the eleotrioal field, and i am nleased to advise you that the Edison Eleotrio Appliance Company was orZis^ Ind hts t^i over the Companies referred to in my letter to Mr. Biison, This Company is finanoially strong, has a fine personnel, oonduots its business on a high class plane., and does something like wm^lthL- tal heating device business of the country. Mr. Bdison's name will ultima^, tely be on every pieoe of apparatus whioh this Company produces. I feel that we have accomplished our purpose in this branch of the eleotrioal industry, and X would like to have Hr. Edison's permission now to go further ani use his name on various lines of apparatus and supplies made by the General Eleotrio Company. Will you be good enough to get Mr. Biison' a views on this matter. X will run out to the Laboratory seme day early next week, if that will suit Mr. Edison’s oonvenlenoe, and talk it over with him. I suggest next week as I am leaving on Saturday, September fourteenth for an extended visit to the Yours very truly, William H. Headoworoft, Esq.,. Geo. F. Morrison (Signed) Laboratory of Thomas A, Biison, Orange, New Jersey* April 9, 1920- Ur. George *. l!or risen. Vice President, General Electric Co., *120 Broadway , Sew York City. My dear llr. llorriaon: and Ihere has Been some oorrespondanoe ^ ^ on appii- >3s w-s sv°. .. letter we reeeiv wore shown. in which sanple Jt Js in Fl0rida. 1 sent this lottor to ^'J^to^ee you and explain M » « - - /rr.a»” s: sssr rr.svu.ur^-s-*"“s,K,i“S V^JSSSU •— » ^ l have explained this y Edison Slootrio Inis letter is written O you so that our records mg Legal Series Richard W. Kellow File 1918 Bill of Sale to Aluminum Co. of America (1918) [env. 3] Agreement with B. E. Tinstman (1918-1923) [env. 5] Agreement with M. R. Hutchison and Edison Storage Battery Co. (1918) [env. 6] Income and War Excess Profits Tax Returns for 1917 (1918) [env. 7] Correspondence - Real Estate - Raub Property (1918-1919, 1930) [env. 10] Lease to Edison Portland Cement Co. (1918) [env. 22] License to Edison Storage Battery Co. (1918) [env. 167] Bill 01? SAIE KflOW AM. MEH BY THESE PREBE1JT3} That I, TIIOUAS A. EDI30H, of West Orengo, How Jer¬ sey, party of tho first part, in oonoiaoratlon of tbo sum of Eighteen Thouocmd Hollars {010,000) to no paid by Aluminum Company of America, Pittsburgh, Pa* party of tho oooona port, receipt whereof I do horoby aoiinowlodgo , hove bargained, cola, grantofl and oonvoyod and transferred ana delivered, and by theoe prosonts do bargain, coll, grant and convoy and tronufor and deliver unto tho cold party of the cooond port, itB QucoooeorB and Designs, without ony royalty paynontc horoaftor, the followin'; goods and chattels, namely; Tho 6 ft. x 7 ft. Edison Giant Crushing Rolls, oomplote except upper feed roll a and which ore now stored at Oxford, U.J. end v/hioh wore formerly installed in the plant of tho little Polls stone Company, little Pollc, H.Y. , delivery to bo mado at tho expense of tho parly of the first part f.o.b. oars Oxford, H.J., and ell maohlno work and necessary repairs to bo done by the party of tho oooond part at its own oxponoo. TO HAVE AHP TO H01D tho onmo unto tho Bald party of tho oooond parts itB euaoasaors and Designs forovor. And I, for nyoolf , my hoirs, oxaoutors and adminiatratoro, covonont and agroo to end with said party of tho sooond part to warrant and defend tho said dosoribod goods and ohattols horoty cold unto tho ocaa party of tho oooond part, its cuocoaeoro ana osBigno, ogainot all and ovoiy person; find poroons whomooovor. Ill VilTDESS THEREOF , I have hereunto, d seal this //*? day of Hoy, 1918*. Signed, aonlod and dollvorod Secretarial Servioe Department Office of Secretary fONOTlQNi SUBJECT! Thomas A. 3d. la on Personal fgt Sale of Slant Crashing Rolls. Uemorandum No. 4(1 Date Ur. 8. B. Nambert, yinano ial Bxaoutivsi At my request Mr. atrahs of yoar off toe has sent tome for lir. Edison's file, hill of sale exeouted hy ur. Edison under date of May 11, 1918, with the Aluminum company of America, covering 6 ft. * 7 ft. Edison Slant Crushing Rolls located at Oxford, New Jersey. The Bill of Sale reoltes that the rollB are sold for a consideration of $18,000.00, no royalty to he paid for their use. We hare reeeired fra# Mr. H. V. Miller, Treasurer $14,000.00 in two oheoka signed hy one Yates, with advice that the difference of $4,000.00 represents Hr. Yates* profit on the deal. Will you please oanfirm the oorrootness of these oir- ounstanoes? We are making the necessary entries on Mr. Edison's 1533-3-50-1117 Secretarial Servioe Department \j ■; v THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL t' / '' / V/e have gone vi 11 look high to you, r account includes th< 707.94 701.55 784.80 2194.29 over these very carefully. The hut in explication - ploase note following items: City Taxes 294.00 State, County & School Tax 246.89 Miscellaneous Items (less $4.20 income) 167.05 The rate on City taxes was increased i j an increase in the amount of tax §24.50. The 3 State, County & School Tax from §3.60 to $5.32, jver 1916 hy $92.63. Also, there seems to havt L'sonal property for 1917, labor Plants Miscellaneous items (less §7.35 income) Dock Repairs Hardware labor Miscellaneous Items (less ZO" sw.6pl£j ~s~~c,^a~--—^ frr%.M*~*£ &d( 5 , "^»F I'h/. f o-/( °f fc-th onfU~—7 -fix' (Su< ^rtr*— cK~a^—^£. 'jorv^ ■S' 6-0 C^,U. f-^—i — U)c- ftw-tvA*. JCvvwC •j^r'Tv - 0 - ^ 0o~- O'- L-U /-&<• ji tr»-. P ^ J7n> ^ to5^ aL^tk*j~r, oT s^vv ;jaJc £r^< ix. uc>. t* k“— ( IrTlVv C"— — U/-&U-A- k«-f-< ^ tv# 3/19/18 Ur. Ered Ott was on the job during 1'ebruary and un¬ doubtedly spent considerable money for necessary repairs. Touchers were attached to these statements and have been carefully examined. I am not sending them herewith on account of their bulk. Those bills are usually 0. K'd by your father but wishing to save him any annoyance at this time and thinking that you, who are at present at Port Liyero, would probably like to look these over, I am sending them to you. If they meet with your approval kindly initial and return to me as promptly as possible, as wo have been unusually slow in getting the accounts chocked up owing to shortage of help in the office on account of sickness. With very kindest regards, I am RYffi/jL Ur. Charles Edison, Port Uyers, Florida. Oranoe.N.J. May 2, 1918. Ur. B. E. Tinstman, Fort Myers , Florida. Bear Ur. Tinstman: This will confirm verbal arrangement made with you 1 Fort uyers. Effective April 1, 1918, you are to act ffs lot pint! Agoat of ur. Thomas A. Edison's Florida estate. You are to assume full responsibility for the management of the properly, and will attend to its being Kept in proper con¬ dition, both as to grounds and buildings, the payment of taxes. You are authorized to mala such expenditures as in your Judgment are necessary for material, labor, eto. in connection with repairs and general upkeep and contraot for any one item necessary in this oonneotion up to the sum of $250,00 on your own responsibility. Any single item for repairs, replacements, eto. which will exceed $250.00 is to be referred to Ur, Edison or the writer for approval before ary obll^t ion is inourred by you in ur. Edison's be la If. You may hire at ur. Edison's expense a man to work on and generally look after the property under your personal supervision at a salary of approximately $60.00 per month, who may live in the oottage provided for caretaker. If this man wishes to keep Ohickens at his own expense, he may do so, and Mr. Edison will purchase eggs and ohiokens from him at market prices at suoh times as he and his family visit Fort uyers. Ho ohiokens or other stock are to be kqpt by this man at Mr. Edison’s expense without ur. Edison's special permission. Ur; Edison Is to plaoe at your disposal a sum of $500.00 to be used for suoh necessary snail aooountB as you inour on your own responsibility. You will send to Ur. Edison monthly a statement of the expenses jss*w by you on forms provided kr, constituting origihal~rSoelpted bills, showing in detail for what purpose material and labor was employed, Ur. Edison will reimburse your fund monthly in the amount of, these expenditures. You will not pay from this fund —2— Hr. B. E. Tinstman, Port Myers, Florida. Utff 2, 1918. any obligations oontraoted for Mr. Edison's account prior to April 1A (the date on which your responsibility as Managing Agent commenced). Any Buoh items will be taken care of by Mr. Edison through Mr. H. E. Heitman, your predecessor as managing agent. When fruit crops are ready for shipment, upon receipt of your advioe Mr. Edison will inform you the quantities which are to be shipped to his home at West Orange, and regarding the dis¬ position of any fruit in excess of his personal requirements, m the past there have been small local sales of mangos and other fruits which you may continue to mate in your discretion. Receipts for any such sales made by you Bhould be shown on your monthly ‘account, giving details of quantities sold, prices aid amount reoeived, and the proceeds of suoh sales should be remitted to Mr. Edison, rather than deposited in your fund aooount, so that the fund aocount may not be confused. You will of course keep accounts in such manner as to prevent duplicate payments for same services rendered by those with whom you do business. It would be well for you to have bills rendered in duplicate, so that you may retain the duplicate oqpy in your own files. All bills should be receipted when paid, and you will no doubt find it best to make payments Just as far as possible by Check. ^ Mr. Edison would also be glad to receive from you a / monthly letter, reporting on ary matters of interest regarding/the property, suoh as progress of crops, condition of grounds and .7 buildings, repairs and improvements made, condition of fruit,/ etc., eta^JHfour compensation for Fprv^aa-tMrtMnwd-l'B-tw-baJ&OO.OO ^-per month4_whloh--i'S— toTeTretetted to you monthly by Mr. Eulson?^*-*^-*- This I think fully confirms the arrangement as made between us verbally at Fort Myers. If ary questions ariBe on whioh you wish infornBtion, you will of course oomraunioate with me, or with Mr. R. W. Kellow, Secretary for Mr. Edison' s personal Interests at West Orange, N. J. Yours very truly, [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] . " . J . ' . * - _ _ tZ^ c ' _ £ _ ''bris-i-i , -sa^S3> Co^^LajuucA ■ i-‘-/Lt^- j^caa. — . ^ •mc«h£xL^. ... [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] May 6,, 1918 Hr. Charles Edison: If this meets your ideas please return to me for mailing. Judge Holden went over the original draft and attached letter embodies his ideas. He suggested omitting title "Managing Agent", as titles some times oonvey to the public an impression of authority vested in the bearer of title which does not exist. In this connection Judge Holden mentioned a suit brought against us for an alleged verbal agreement made by Hr. Fuller, whose title was "General Supervisor". Judge Holden also added the next to the last paragraph and suggested having the arrangement with Hr. HVffi/jl Enclosure ^ 'ZtTo-O [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Orange, N.J. Hay 2, 1918. Ihls will confirm Terbal arrangement made with, yon in Effeotive April 1, 1918, you arc to have o targe of Ur. Thomas A. Edison's Florida estate. j You are to asairne full responsibility far the management of the property, and will attend to its being Kept in proper condition, both as to grounds and buildings, the payment of tazeB, eto. -A You- are authorised to make suoh expenditures as in your Judgnent are necessary fbr material, labor, eto. in connection with repairs and general upkeep, and oontraot for any one item neoessary in this connection up to the sum of $250.00 on your own responsibility. Any single item for repairs, replacements, eto. which will exoeed $250.00 is to be referred to Hr. Edison or the writer for approval before ary ohUgition Is incurred by you in Hr. Bdlson*e bjtoalf. s' Ton nay hire at Hr. Bdisan's expense a mu»?t e’fywk on and generally look after the property; under your personal supervision, at a salary at the rate of approximately $60.00 per month, who may live in the cottage provided for caretaker. If this man wishes to keep chickens at his. own expense.he may do so, and Hr. Edison will purchase eggs and ohiokens frem him at market prices at suoh times as he and his family visit Ft. Hyers. No ohiokens or other stock are to be kflpt ty this man at Hr. Edison's expense without Hr. , Edison's special permission. C Hr. Edison is to place at your dispo®l,ajs/u»Jof $500.00 to be used for suoh nsoessaxy small aoooonts as you Incur on your own responsibility-.' Tou will send to Hr. Edison monthly,^ . statmsent of the expenses paid by you oh forms provided,, constituting original reoelpted bills, ‘showing in detail for what rpurpo as material and labor were employed. Hr. Edison will rwimburwe this fund monthly in the . amount of't hsse;'exiwhditBr esiC Tou will not pmy. fr an this fund any - [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Ur. B. E. Ilnsttran, Fort Myers . ?la. obligations contracted for Hr. Edison's aoooont prior to April 1, 1918 (the date on whioh you took charge of the estate). Any suoh item will he taken oare of hy Hr. Edison through Hr. H. E. Heitman, your predeoessor in oharge of the estate. 7 'Shan fruit orops are ready for shipment, upon reoeipt of your advice, Hr. Edison will inform you the quantities whioh are to he shipped to his home at west Orange, and regarding the disposition of any fruit in excess of his personal requirements. » the past there hare been snail local sales of mangos and other fruits whioh you may oontime to make in your discretion. Heoeipts for any sales of fruit, eto, which are made ty you should he shown on your monthly aoooont, giring details of quantities sold, prioes and amount reoelved, and the prooeeds of suoh sales Bhould he remitted to Mr. Edison, rather than being deposited in your fund aeoount, so that the fund aooount may not he oonfused. o you will of oouree keep accounts in suoh mamer ae to prevent duplicate payments for the same servioee rendered ty those with shorn you do business. It would he well for you to have hllle rendered in duplicate, so that you nay retain the duplicate oopy in your own files. All hills should he reoeipted whaa paid, and you will no doubt find it beet to make payments Just as far as possible hy ohaok. o , ht. Edison would also he glad to receive from you a ! monthly letter, reporting on any matters of Interest regarding the property, sujh as progress of orops, oondition of fruit, oondltion of grounds and buildings, repairs and improvements made, eto. / O your comp meat ion for the servioee outlined above 1b to ho at the rate of $100.00 pen? month during the continuance of thie arrangement, whioh la to he remitted to you monthly ty Hr. Edison. t/ ah powers and authority hereby oonferred upon you may he revoked at any time upon one week's notioe, and your oontraot of employment hereunder nay he terminated In a similar mamer. Hr. Edison is to be given one week's notioe in ease you desire to terminate this agreement. v'' 1 think this fully oonfirms the arrangement as mads hetwssnus verbally at sort lyora. If aty questions arise on whioh you wish in forest ion, you will of oourse oomaunioate with me, or with Hr. B. W. Kellow, seoretary for Hr, Edison's peremal interests at .September 11 , 1918. Jr. Thomas A. Edison: , . I am referring attached letter of ilr. B. E. Tinstman, Agent in charge of your Fort Uyers Property; who was appointed by 'Ur. Charles Edison last spring, to you at ur. . Charles're^uest. V/ill you kindly note and re¬ turn to me so that prompt reply can be made to TinstmanV. it you have any comments you wish made, will you kindly indicate.them? I attach also his account' for the month of August, which is rather higher than normal. Shis is due largely to the fact that he is applying e grounds on authority given by^llr. Charles. R. \Y.;.Kel [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ,-B. E. TINSTMAN . FORT MYERS, FLORIDA September 6th, 1918. Mr. R. W. Kellow Orange, IT. J. My dear Mr. Kellow:- Enclosed find report for August together with vouchers covering all charges. We are getting the place' in very good shape, but the rains aren't coming as well as I would like. Am having a little trouble in getting a suit¬ able man for on the place, but I have several applicants to see the first of next wefek. Will Goldwire, one of the men I had working on the muck, shot and killed his woman Tuesday, so between the draft and this amdwithout two of the befet men I have had. Am enclosing check of £16.35 for 65 dozen mangoes sold up to the first of the month, will have more to sell next week. The good mangoes have none on, so we are selling the turpentine for 35£ per dozen. So far we heve been able to dispose of all to the merchants here. I take it out in trade and pay for them myself, this is just the 8ame to me and it enables me to dispose of them for Mr. Edison. Mr. Herman, my man, keeps striot account and every dozen is credited to Mr. Edison and at the end of the month I draw a check for all sold. The small nursery trees, which were budded into valincia late orangee, are doing nicely. The small grove is also coming along well . We are doing our best to. make the grass grow. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ■B. E. TINSTMAN , tFORT MYERS, but on account of the light rainfall it is hard to accomplish. Believe the rains will come along better soon. 1 have been chairman of the recruiting of Y. M. C. A. Secretaries for this county. We have sent. about ID applicants. After making a trip to Atlanta. Ga. in the interest of the next drive, and hearing Mr. John R. Mott I decided I should go overseas ahd do my part, so I made application and have been accepted, and am now waiting for a wire to come to II. Y. for a further conference with the War Work Council. Mrs. Tinstman and Mr. Herman understand the working out of plans for the place, and as Mrs. Tinstmen is to have charge of my Insurance Agency, and is so well anti favorably known I would appreciate if Mr. and Mrs. FdiBon would allow her to continue in my place until I return, which I sincerely trust will be soon. I am sacrificing more- than I am able to in going, but if "Uncle Sam" thinks he can use me to advantage, I am willing to go if it cosjis me everything. I feel the sooner we send men over in large number-s just that much sooner will we crush our enemy, and return to our homes. Should I not return know God does all things well'' Am sure Mrs. Tinstman and Mr. Her¬ man will attend to matters better than any other person in Fort Myers, and I would assume all liability for their acts. If I am called will notify you, and will call to see you if possible. Mr. Herman has ordered’ the seeds for the vegetable garden and will dispose of what vegetables the family do not use. I trust you will advise as far in advance as possible Just when to expect the family. With kind personal regards, I am c Very truly yours. .. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Sept. 9, 1918. Ur. Charles Edison: Attaohed is letter from- Ur. Tinstman, Port lyers, dated Sept. 6, received today. Will you kindly look this over and let me have it hack promptly, so that I can answer? Of oourse> -if you care to answer it your¬ self. please do so an'^ if proper, send me a copy of your reply. I think the letter ought to be replied to promptly. • Please also O.K. his account for August, amounting to $33,6.24, so that I .may send cheok accordingly. • 6o onvftJ, UtV id b B. V . Ke/Siw.O) aw-iJ iu |U^>- Seoretary. . ru, tor ru.T jw' ‘4^*- -f* o0?£-. CP, heretofore accepted, amounting to approximately arw^ to be filled by the Edison Company with reasonable d'iiigenoe in aooordanoe with said orders and paid for by the Hutohison Company at the prices heretofore agreed upon. A schedule of said unfilled orders heretofore aooepted is attached here¬ to and marked "Schedule A". (b) The Edison Company's purchase orders Hob. 71763, 71863, 71963 and 72063, heretofore placed by the Edi¬ son Company with the Hutohison Company for battery boxes, are to be filled and paid for in aooordanoe with said orderB and at the prices therein specified. 2. The Hutohison Company and said Miller Reese Hutohison and eaoh of them hereby releases unto the Edison Company and Thomas A. EdiBon, of West Orange, Hew Jersey, all rights under Baid agreement of January 1, 1917, and all rights of every hind and nature in oonneotion with the sale of Edison storage batterieB and parts and aooeBsories there¬ for heretofore aoquired by the Hutohison Company and said i 3 Miller Heese Hutchison, and either of them, from the EdiBon Company, the Supply Company, eandusaid Thomas A. Edison,' and any of them. 3. Except as otherwise specifically provided for or stipulated in this agreement, the Hutohison Company ‘.and said Miller Heese Hutohison, and eaoh of them, have remised, released and forever discharged, and hy these presents do for themselves and their respective suooessors, heirB, exec¬ utors and administrators, remise, release and foEever dis¬ charge the Edison Company, the Supply Company and said Thomas A. Edison, and each of them, and their respective successors, heirs, executors and administrators, of and from all and all manner of aotion or actions, cause and oauses of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, accounts, reckoning, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, damages , judgments, extentB, executions, claims and demands whatsoever, in law or in e^iitjj which against the Edison Company, the Supply Company and said Thomas A. Edison, or any of them, the Hutohison Company and said Miller ReeBe HutohiBon, or either of them, ever had, now haB, or which their respective successors, heirs, exeou- tors or administrators hereafter oan, Bhall or may have, for, upon, or by reason of any matter, cause or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of the world to the day of the date of these presents, and inoluding all claims for compensation, commission and services in connection with the development and sale up to the date hereof of EdlBon storage batterieB and parts and accessories therefor, and also inoluding all Iblaims for profit, compensation or commission based on or arising out of United States Signal Corps orders Hob. 41326, 41326, 41386 and 41706, Ho. 42908 Aero, and oontraot 1370 Navy Yard, Boston, now placed with the Edison Company, and all other Government orders including the 1-8 and E-2 sub¬ marine batteries, and also all olaims for commission on all orders reoeived directly by the Edison Company in which the sales are alleged to have been effected by the Hutchison Company in the name of the EdiBon Company, and for commiss¬ ions agreed to be paid to the HutohiBon Company on sales made by the San Pranoisoo office of The Edison Storage Bat¬ tery Supply Company to the Havy Yard at Mare Island and other Pacific Coast yards and ships. 4. Exoept as otherwise specifically provided for or stipulated in this agreement, the Edison Company, the Sup¬ ply Company and said Thomas A. Edison, and eaoh of them, have remised, released and forever discharged, and by these pres¬ ents do for themselves and their respective successors, heirs exeoutors and administrators, remise, release and forever dis¬ charge the Hutchison Company and said Miller Reese Hutohison and eaoh of them and their respective successors, heirB, ex¬ ecutors and administrators, of and from all and all manner of aotion or notions, cause and oauses of action, suits, debts, dues, sumB of money, accounts, reckoning, bonds, bills specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, damages, Judgments, extents, executions, olaims and demands whatsoever, in law or in equity, whioh against the Hutohison Company and said Miller Reese I Hutohison, or either of them, the Edison Company, the Supply Company and said Thomas A. Edison or any of them every had, now has? or whioh their respective successors, heirB, exeou- 6 I tors or administrators hereafter oan, shall or may have, for, I up on or hy reason of any matter, oauBe or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of the world to the day of the date of these presents, including the L-8 and E-B submarine batter¬ ies. 5. The Edison Company agrees to pay to the Hutoh- tson Company upon the execution hereof, the sum of One Hun- red and Twelve Thousand i'ive Hundred and Eighty-nine Hollars md fifty-six cents ($112,589.66); and further agrees to T to the Hutchison Company within sixty days from the date hereof the sum of One Thousand Six Hundred and Eighty- five jPollars and eighty-eight cents ($1685.88). 6. The Edison Company hereby releases the Hutch¬ ison Company and said Miller Heese Hutchison, and each of. jm, of and from all responsibility for the return of all: stoj| 3 batteries heretofore furnished by the Edison Company to 9 Hutchison Company or to said Miller Heese Hutchison on Ionsignment up to the date hereof, and also of and from all esponsibility for the payment of the sum of $960.61 now tending on the books of the EdiBon Company charged against iller Heese Hutchison, Washington, D.O. , said paying hav¬ ing been guaranteed by said Miller Heese Hutohison perBonal- 7. It is understood and agreed that from and jjfter the date hereof neither said Miller Heese Hutohison nor jhe Hutohison Company, nor any officer or employee thereof, JLall hold himself or itBelf out as employee, agent or repro- aentative of the Edison Company, the Supply Company or Bald Thomas A. Edison, nor make any quotation or aooept any order in the name of the Edison Company, the Supply Company or Bale Thomas A. Edison. 8. It is understood and agreed that nothing here¬ in oontained shall release the HutohiBon Company from Its obligation to settle its current open aooount with the Edison Company, a statement of which up to and inoluding the post¬ ings of JuneJ^1918 is attached hereto and marked "Exhibit B" , or from its obligation to pay the Edison Company for goods to be furnished on orders now unfilled, and furthermore that nothing herein oontained shall release the Edison Company from its obligation to settle its current open aooount with the Hutohison Company, a statement of whioh up to and in¬ oluding the postings hf June^JiT , 1918 is attaohed hereto and marked "Exhibit 0". 9. Said Miller Heese HutohiBon hereby agrees to render to the Edison Company without any charge therefor all reasonable servioe in the defense of any and all suits againB'; it arising out of the explosion whioh ooourred in the sub¬ marine E-2 on or about January 16, 1916, suoh service to inolude the furnishing of all neoessary information and data now in possession of said Miller Heese Hutohison, attending at oonferenoes with the Edison Company's oounBel, and attend¬ ing as a witness at the trials, it being speoifically under¬ stood that the Edison Company shall defend all suoh.. suits against it at its own expense, and without any expense to 7 SCHEDULE A. M. H. HOTCHIBQN. IRQ. UNFILLED .ORDKRU JUKE 4. 1910. ORDER 2102— F 2101— F 2100 -P 2099-F 2098-P 2097-P 3810rP 3814-F 2967-F 2967-F 1666-F 4797-F 3117-F 4988-F 4988-F 4987-F 4987-P 1338 1338 1338 1337 1397 1267 1319 1420 1440 1440 1431 1431 1428 1428 A4H A4H A4H A4H 16464 W2 Boxes St Fillers 336 L20 Mi so. h/c Exhibit Boards h/c 3/8 « Cells H/C 44 W2C Boxes la Fillers 84 Boxes S> Fillers 42 WIT Boxes & Fillers 42 W1I Boxes St Fillers 3/1/18 ) 3/l/lB ) 3/l/l8 ) 3/l/lB) 3/1/18) 3/1/18) 3/1/18) 3/1/18) 3/1/18) '/12/lB i/l2/l8 3/23/18 3/23/18 2/18/18 6/9/18 3/27/18 3/17/18 6/22/18 6/22/18 6/16/18 6/16/18 6/16/18 6/16/18 310.80’ 1,430.66 17,287.20 1,249.00 220.60 13.16 94.60 7.70 94.60 7.70 Amt. Forward - $27,235.04 1463 if 11). paokage Potash Eabalite - for 6-B 2 cells 1.87 1444 Dry Potash 163.00 1447 100 lbs. Potash Solution 29.70 1448 Lugs 3.00 aJcrfe//,!//? /? $27,422.61 Secretarial Service Department Office of Secretary FUNCTION! SUBJECT! Thome A. Edison, Personal Roport of Income of £800. or more Date liar. 26, 1918 Hr. H. P. Killer. Treaoury Service Dopt. Enclosed horordth please find five obpies of Form 1099 "Report of Inoorae of £800. or m< 1917", which kindly consolidate with the i W. S. llallory W. H. lias on lioAndrowo le Forbes Co. John A. Sorrell C. P. Irwin Font ft. t). e paid during the year ee you already have, viz: MU'**' 1,305.50 880.00 R. V. IfllLLOJ Secretary yjZ 1833-3-8C-318 [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] BY WHOM PAID (Act of October 9, 1917) ""TEooea 1. Mlaon, •—BetroM?- - REPORT OF INCOME OF $800 OR MORE PAID DURING THE YEAR 1917 [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] iiay 38, 1918 Mr. 8. B, Maobert, Financial Executive, Edison Fortland Cement Co., °range, 2J. J. Bear Sir:- Kolativo to your inquiry regarding certain properties purchased By the Edison Portland Cement Co., for Hr. Edison would advise as follows:* 1 "Under date of June 0, 1917, UecMel J. Haub and Joraoph M. Bauh, Bxeoutore of Phillip Haub, dooeaned and others, executed a deed to John V. Miller covering the Haub property in the Towntship of Oxford, State of 2 Jew Jersey. Under date of June 30, 1917, John.V. Hill er ©xooutod a Quit Claim Baed to Ur. Edison for said property. Under date of June 0, 1916 an agreement was entered into by the Executors of the deaeuaed and Mr. Edison continuing an option on said property, the purchase price of this property being $6888.00 of which one-holf or $2942,80 was paid in auch and u mortgage given the estate of Phillip Haub for the balance or $3943.50. This mortgage in dated June 11, 1917. 'die interest thereon i -payable annually at the rate of 5, *3 per annum. A oheok io mailed to Samuel J> Haub and Joseph U. Raub, Executors, ISelvidere, H. J. Under the tonne of the mo rfcgage one-half of the cmount of the mortgage is. payable 12 months from the date of the dead, the other half being payable 24 months from the date of the deed. Under this arrangement the interest on $2942.60 will be payable June lVt 1918 as will also one- half of the mortgage or $1472.26./ 8 The Edison Portland Cement Co.t also i-urohooed from Abraham Fittingor and wife for Hr. Eoieon’n account on Hoy 29, 1917 -18 17/100 acres of lend situated on the road leading from Bridgoville to Oavord l-hmaoe, at a purohaoe price of 9400.00, 9384.00 being distributed between 8 heirs of. the Pittenger estate und the other $16.00 representing executors oranges % S. D. M. -2- 5/2Q/18 t/ J Under date of May 3.7, 1017, Janes B. Myem deeded to ) Bara L. Ween, property at Oxford, H.J., at a jurohaae price of $715.00. Erra X» Wean In turn gave a Quit Claln\ deed to Mr. Edison for said property under date iff •June \y 14, 1917. V — •" This therefore shows purchases for Mr. Edison’s account on the part of the Edison Portland Oanont Co., aggregating $4087. 50 paid in cash. The proper entries have been made on our books showing that those are standing in Mr. Edison’s none and that Mr. Edison owes no the above amount. I think the proper thing would be to transfer these to you for cash end if you think this should bo done at the present time, will you kindly let us have your Ohedk for the ab ove amount, thereby greatly obliging Yours very txuly WEH-rl Treasured Secretarial Service Department THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL Function i jhoaaB Edison Personal SUBJECT i putohase of Haul) Farm liemorandum No. 4126 Date June 27, 1918. Legal Service Dept: With further refer enoe to 'purchase of real f***® deceased, covering the ^Msfprred^tc in p V ^ called upon me this ffifSE S', »* >*» * “» * «• - - . - - *0/prooure a copy. Please let ae/have your advioe regarding this matter at your if' the°document s°are of copy of Mortgage on attached jbopy of this memorandum. Yours truly. ' Hfi (fa/lS HWKjBS ’ " - Eno. Copies to:-' 1 extra copy. 1633-1-760-618 Mr. Kellow: I am returning herewith this deeds and papers relating .;j: to the -Raub, Pittenger and Roseberry property, received with' your memorandum Mo. 4070 -of June 10, 1918, j I did. not find among the Icrimr papers reoeiisd from you the throe letters mentioned in the list <, . given in your memorandum. ^ t Raub property; This property was conveyed to John V.'' Miller by deed dated June 8,- 1917, and in turn conveyed by John V. Miller to Thomas A. -Edison by bargain and sale and quit claim deed of the same date>'ta.:, John ’V. Miller gave a purchase money i - *. . - 1 ''mortgage to Samuel J. Raub and Joseph M. Raub, surviving executors / /.•of Philip/vHaub i which mortgage was assumed by Mr. Edison when he Unaccepted the deed from John V. Miller. In the deed to John V. ' • Millei^fl /find the wife of Joseph M. Raub described as May. Raub. ;TheJ.'deed. is signed, May M. Raub, • and. -in -the. acknowledgment. the' / ( . wife of, Joseph M. Raub ie described as Mary M. Raub. Presumably, however, the /deed was ..signed and acknowledged by the proper parties and no doubt these parties oan be identified, so that I do not oon- . aider this , a aeriouB defoot. . In . this deed, tho property is de¬ scribed as situated In the Township of White, the typewritten word "Oxford" having- boon stricken out and the word "White" written in *' plaoe ^the r eo f ,^in^ ink . The agreement between the executors of Philip Raub, deceased, and Thomas A. Edison, dauei June 0, 1916, * land* ^soribes‘th(pr^;ty^ ( • aa in the Township of Oxford. In the deed from John V. Miller ' o \ \ ‘ ,■ O. ' ; ■ -2- . to Thomas A. Edison, the property 1b described as in the Townships of Oxford and White. I suggest that you find out in what Town¬ ships the land actually lieB. If it is partly in one and partly in the other, I do not believe any further question should be raised in regard to it.- Blttenger property; In this deed, the party named as George Biddle at the beginning of the deed signed the same as George P. Biddle, and the party named Edward F. Stout signed his name as Edwin P. Stout. The acknowledgments describe these par¬ ties as George Biddle and Edwin P. Stout respectively. Apparently, Stodt and Biddle executed the deeds because they are the husbands of two of the heirs, and inasmuch as this relationship is Bhown by the deed and acknowledgements, I have no doubt the parties who actually signed the deeds can be identified. They were presumably signed by the property parties, but this is a mattdr^which w«y up whoever represented Mr. Edison in this transaction.^ Boseberry property: The deed to the Boseberry property appears to be in proper form. Hone of these transactions were handled by our legal Department, and we, of oourse, know nothing about the authority of exeoutora to execute the deeds, correctness of the descriptions of the property, or^ whether or not Mr. Edison has acquired a good title to the property^ to be oonveyed. Kindly acknowledge reoeipt of these documents. Henry Lanahan Dear Mr. Carharts In connection with the payment we ^ye just eent to . _ nn tvo Paul) rcronerty and interest, I nave ' _ with the paymenx we »»» j»» ^ C !Z 5SSSK 2 5Zfr ; "“-s X.Z*™ « « - ■ a , j-wysrs ks^kss/ket!? i'SSS.VtSS' »“£>«•» - >* •’ '“*Mr the property lies partly in each? The papers you sent me in this connection or that were sent me by the Cement 1 t^sit^ion and aw con- presume that you and/^g® “°r”W ^aon got a good title. Was there an vinced in your own minds that »• fell me what has become of it, andT/yrc^Tccate it. send It to me ^'etlti^fwas about soma of these things, and beep Mr. Edison's records to cover all the points. 1 ■ ' The Laboratory is not in any sense a manufacturing establish¬ ment. It exists for Ur. Edison's use in carrying on his various experi¬ ments and in developing the products made by the various Edison Industries We trust the report, as made, will meet your requirements. yours very truly, . * ' • Beoretary. RWK:FS [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] State of New Jersey DEPARTMENT OP LABOR Bureau of Industrial Statistics TRENTON, January ist, i INDUSTRIAL STATISTICS OF NEW JERSEY (i) Name thomas a. -oisoa laboratory, . . . . . TO BE FILED AT a mjm*- TH'S OFFICE, NOT LATER <_m*M THAN APRIL 1st " _ _ Kxparimantal. laboratory. Including Machine Shops, „JPlattQrn. Siiop_and. Chemical laboratory. Under on Act of tlie Legislature approved -March 23d, 1899, the Bureau of Industrial Statistics is charged with the duty of making a collection and compilation each year of the slntisticsJfSmnuufacturers so as to show the actual con¬ dition of the industries of the State, in respect to .ionh ::o^ managcmtgSljn^nl invested, .natcnal used and goods pro- duced, number of persons employed, wages paid, and such, other Jwjtmn&tion indicated by the questions on the blank as may be necessary to show the trend of industrial activity *iiv:j25^*>£ag»m'\from year to year. The questions to be answered have been,:re^ed;.j^th^ffl^p&siblc number consistent with the object to be at^Tn answers will be held ABSOLUTELY (IQl^FIDBSmAL. Jf0 publication will be made in the Bureau’s reports disclosing the names or operations of individjrfoHJTOHmi only for the statistical purposes for which itwos given. Parties filling out thiB schedule must certify that tin TUBNS PEOMPTLY MADE will enable this office to i is in any particular whatever; the information will be us nswers arc correct. COMPLETE AND COHIiECT II c its reports expeditiously. LEWIS T. BTtY ANT, Commissioner of Labor. Section 2. Any owner, operator, lessee, manoger or superintendent of an establishment or industry in which labor is employed within this Slato, who willfully neglects to fill such blank within the time allowed for doing so, or who re¬ fuses to fill such blank, shall forfeit for every such delay or refusal the sum of fifty dollars, to bo recovered in a court of competent jurisdiction by an action in which the State shall ho represented by the Commissioner of Labor. Flnsnolal Executive for Thomaa A. Edison. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] assignment WHEREAS, I, LAMAR LYNDON , a citizen of the United States and a resident of West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, have made three certain new and useful inventions respectively entitled: ELECTRODE ELATES FOR STORAGE BATTERIES STORAGE BATTERIES STORAGE BATTERY ASSEMBLIES for which I am about to apply for Letters patent of the United States, application papers therefor having Bean executed By me on even date herewith; and WHEREAS, THOMAS A. EDISON, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Llewellyn park. West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, U.S.A., desires to acquire the entire right, title and interest which I now have or may have in and to the aforesaid inventions in any and_all noun tries foreign to the United States, and in andjgjany and 1 nations which may Be filed thereon and any. and all Letters Patent which may Be granted therefor in any and all countries foreign to the Uni .ted ^States; . NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of One Dollar and of other good and valuable considerations, the receipt whereof is hereby I acknowledged, I have assigned, transferred and set over and •by these presents do assign, transfer and set over unto said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, the entire right, title and interest in and to any and all letters Patent of any and all countries of the world foreign to the United States which may he granted therefor, and in and to any and all reissues and extensions of any and all of said letters Patent, and all title and rights of whatever sort in and to the said inventions in all countries foreign to the United States, including the right to file applications for letters Patent therefor in all countries foreign to the United States, in the name of Thomas A. Edison or otherwise, in the manner appropriate to each such country foreign to the United States, all of the same to he held and enjoyed hy said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, to the full end of the term or terms for which said letters Patent are or may he granted, reissued or extended, as fully and en- Itiroly as the same would have been held and enjoyed hy me if this assignment had not been made. I hereby authorize and request the Commissioner of patents of the Dominion of Canada to issue any and all letters Patent of the Dominion of Canada which may be granted for the said inventions, to said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, in accordance with this assignment, and 1 hereby covenant that I have full right to convey the inter¬ est herein assigned and that I have not executed and will not execute any agreement in conflict herewith. I hereby expressly oovenant and agree that when¬ ever said Thomas A.Edison, his heirs, assigns or- other legal representatives, advise me that other or further papers are neoessary to be executed by me for perfecting the title of said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, in and to the aforesaid rights in the said inventions, or in and to any letters patent of any country foreign to the United States for the said in¬ ventions, and in and to any and all reissues and extensions thereof, or’ that any such relssueB or extensions are desir¬ able and lawful, I will sign all papers, take all rightful oaths and do all necessary acts for perfecting the said title and for procuring such reissues or extensions. IE WITHESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name at West Orange, E. J. , this 2?^ day of April, 1919. STATE OF HEW JERSEY ) COUHTY OF ESSE A j On this day of April, 1919, before me per¬ sonally appeared IA1IAR LYHROM, to me personally known and known by me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing assignment, end he acknowledged to me that he executed the same as and for the purposes therein set forth, II THIS FORM WITH DUPLICATE AND . REMITTANCE COVERING ONE-FOURTH OF ESTIMATED TAX MUST REACH THE COLLECTOR’S OFFICE ON OR BEFORE MARCH 15, 1919. Secretarial Service Department THOMAS A. EDISON. PERSONAL Fur.otion: l'.A.E PERSONAL SUBJECT: Property at Burlington, Hew Jereey Memorandum No. Date Sept. 17,1919 Mr. Thomas A. Edison: On the 15th a Mr. Collin W. Johnson of Florence. New Jersey called upon me with reference to the purchase of your proper ty : In Barltas^n, formerly occupied by Ur. Thomas A Edison, Jr.,amd I told him the matter would be taken up with him later. you purchased this from Frank L. Iyer (who purchased it from a Mrs. MoCluskey) in July 1906 at §3250. You made inprovements to the amount of §4100 making the cost as it stands on your account at §7350. The taxes to_ date amount to about §450. The gentleman stated that he had talked to your son, Itt. Thomas A Edison Jr. regarding the sale and would see him again. I saw Ur. A. Edison Jr. today and he tells me he thinks the property should be held for about §12,000 as he has put some improvements on it himself and that it probably would bring around §10,000. He states,, however, that he does not like to think of having it sold and will see you about it very soon and then take the matter up with Ur. This property, by the way, still stands in the name of W L. Dyer, the deed given to you in July 1906 having for some reason never been , corded. Do you not wish me to arrange for the recording of the deed at this time R W KELLM sk 1533-1-760-10-18 [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ftjK CH /HT&lgaL'-Cfa- - - — - 3/^ '1 - Mor- M'/trejLAeAiM-^S&is& — l£/Ti£L — Stucco CeMeuj- t4rond ,3-oi£t£f%_ — Secretarial Service Department THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL Function: SUBJECT: Ur. Deice Holden, General Counsellor, Legal Department. Herewith is old envelope #16 containing the following legal : y/1- Deed doted January 9,1876 of David L. Hall. Burlington, New JerBoy to Jdiriam K. Crowell. ./ 2- Deed datod March 28,1685 of Miriam E. Crowoll to George 5 Of George Gilbert and wife to Oilhert. /5- Mortgage dated March 28,1 Miriam E. Orowell. Office of sal d Burlington Oounty; - In Book'-56l ' of ■ Deeds, Folio 168 etc. /— ! The balance o £ the purchase price shall be paid in tl at the time of final settlement, which shall be made at. .the- office .of .Hugh. S* • liorr.ls,. . . -417. • H-lgh- -S treaty • Burlington-,- -Hew . Jersey . on or before. . . . July -lv -19B5* . or the deposit . -made herewith, at, the-option of the '-‘SELLER may be applied on- account-of the purchase- price or be forfeited as liquidated damages to the “SELLER ,” and not as a penalty, provided that the necessary title searches can be obtained ^ that date- Should there be any delay, not. the fault of the “BUYER ” in the procuring of such searches, the time. for. the finali!sertOT^tcsM..ext^id ,ICUM : . ■ ' ' 3!.,. TheitiUe.to1.thepraiiisesidiallfbe;.free!.andLcIear.ofialliincumbrances,'.including(municipaliliehs';!. and assessmeiits, except municipal improvements in the course of construction and not assessed, obvious easemeVtSj.;.ltsuallfeSnctibns 'runriing witff the' land, . . • • !■ 1- r . 1 j and d^^b^.aiinarketable^tttjc, p.n.d.Itlie.'“SELLRR<.i|”:shalli- tendf'r ^l*! "* ‘ warranty deed conveying such title at the time of the final settle — • "BUYER ■ Ml otimf«xb«:wW .^ottiement1 4. AU adjustments shkH be made- as of July- -1^925 i OX£ieaxlta».tia|ftAand P°“esslbn’ " shall be givbn the “BUYER ” . rt .dAto. .of..a«fctlemen.t .with. .privUelfb. .Q* . .'> v . ^ ^ ^ . . W.>n>«<<»rtt. That the "SELLER " agreesjoj^imd^^ . on the northwardly 'side- of ' the neokll'o’ad that runs from the Hlver Delaware toi.the road from Burlington.; to Bordentown, in the Town¬ ship and County of Burlington and State : of Haw Jersey. BEGIHHING at a atone In the aforesaid Heok Hoad, oorner to Thomas 8. Soott and. in the line of George; Gilbert’s land and runs along : said rood worth .an vanty -eight deereeBii.and ..ten minutes,, weat . five chains _5o a stone, corned to land of Edward Grattan, thenoe (2) north • fbtlfiS pn;ce-5F^-6't>f;g^^ •r'°,lar£ under ancl'subject to the following terms and conditions: _ 1 A.first payment. of..-. - Jive -Hand red- +$500 — - - - Dollar: receipt of which is hereby acknowledged by the "SELLER • 2.‘ The balance of the purchase price shall ie.paid in the following manner: cash, at the time of final settlement, which shall be made at. -the- -office .of .Hugh. 3. . Morris,. . . .417 -H-lgh. .St-raet,. -Barll-ngtoH.,. -Hew . Jersey . on or before. . . . .July .!>. .MSS* . °T the deposit. . made herewith, atrthe^option of-the - SELLER • ,’t-may-be applied on-account-of the purchase- pncc or be forfeited as liquidated damages to the “SELLER ,” and not as a penalty, provided that the necessary title searches can be obtained by that date. Should there be any delay, not.the fault of the “BUYER ” in the procuring of such searches, the • ' 3^. 'XT}eltiUe,tOi.thepramses^iaU:beLfree._andLcleaf,;ofialLincumbrances,'.including(municipal5!iehs;t and assessments, except municipal improvements in the course of construction and not assessed, obvious easementsj.lsual '&iti$&8Si&tSMf8g Wtff’the'iind . . — . -.-t; • • . and ithfi-rSJSLLJsR :r(!!:shalic- tendeV^^i-1- _ warranty deed conveying such title at the time of the final settle— • ' that , such title cannot be as above,, then .this d 5. The “BUYER " shall pay for searches and all other expenses, excepting the preparation of ; (fie deed and1 the necessary revenue stamps attached thereto, which shall be paid for by the “SELLER ' . 6. . . This agreement. shall extend to and be. binding upon tlie heirs, executors, administrators, s£- "KSBaraEandassigns of. the.parties. hereto. 7. Time is tfie essence of tfns agTeetwent. ' 8. This contract includes all dxtures and appurtenances pennanently attached to the building- or buildings ,he followingitcms: - : ' « V ' - . - . ‘ i 3 be occupied Dr “Buyer'.- , end to till the soil fro:: the i-teof iliritll July 1', 1926 or< earlier data of- settlement. 3n ^itneSS ^Sfjeceof, The parties hereto have set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. SIGNED, SEALED AND DELIVERED \ •IN THE PRESENCE OF I [US'] ^ : ,..[L. s.] J Thomas A. Edison and Ulna U. Edison, his wile Aub Town of ■ WSBt Orange ? in the County of Essex and State Jersey of the First Part ; Hiohael Bnetz and ElizWbgth Kmetz, his wife oj the of City Fairfield of Bridgeport the County oj Connecticut. and State oj oj the Second Part ; Hliturnaftlf, That the said party oj the first part , for and in consideration oj ®ne Dolla. and other good and valuables consideration, lawful money oj the United States oj America, to them i,t hand well and truly paid by the said party oj the second part, at or before the sealing and delivery oj these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, and the said party oj the first part, therewith fully satisfied, contented 'and paid \ haV 6 given, granted, bargained, sold, aliened, released, enjeojfed, conveyed and confirmed, and by these presents do give, grant, bargain, sell, alien, release, enfeoff, con- | vey and confirm to the said party of the second part, and to their ■ heirs and assigns ! forever. All that certain i tract or parcel oj \ land and premises, hereinafter particularly described, situate, lying and being in the Township, , of Burlington in the County of Burlington avd state of Bew Jersey , on the northwardly .side of the Heck Road that runB from the River Delaware to the road from Burlington to Bordentown, in the Township and county of Burlington andiStatbof Hew Jersey, BEGIHHIHG at a stone in the aforesaid Heok Road, corneT- to Thomas 3. Soott and in the line q£ George Gilbert’s land and runs along said road (1) north seventy-eight degrees and ten minute n west, five ohaihs to a stone, oorndrlto land of Edward Grattan, thence (2) north fifteen degrees .enst, along said Gratton. forty-twn chains and nlnety-Beven lln£s toys, stone in the line of Jacob Samson, thence (3) south seventy-five degrees end thirty minut|> W. alow said Samson, four chains and, sevehty-six links to a stone, oorner to said Thomas 3. Soott, thence (4) south thirteen degrees and fifty minutes west, along said soott, forty-two ohains and eighty links to the plaoe of Beginning. Containing 21 Bores more or less. Being the seme premises conveyed to said Thomas A. Edison by Frank L, Dyer and wife by deed dated July 6, 1906 and recorded in the Clerk's Offloe of Bald Burlington County, in Book 661 of Deeds, Folio 16Q eto. Said Neok Road being now known as Dulty's lane. Sngrtljrr with all and singular the houses, buildings, trees, ways, waters, profits, privi¬ leges and advantages, with the appurtenances to the same belonging or in anywise appertaining : Alan, all the estate, right, title . interest, property, claim and demand whatsoever, of the t aid party of the first part, of, in and to the same, and of, in and to every part and parcel thereof, ffin Ijnlie uuiJ to l(Ul6. all and singular the above described land and premises, with the appurtenances, unto the said party of the second part, their heirs and assigns, to the only proper use, benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part, the ir heirs and assigns forever : A« b the said Thomas A. Edison g0 68 for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators covenant and grant to and with the said party of the second part, their heirs and assigns, that he the said Thomas A. Edison is the true, lawful and right owner of all and singular the above described land and premises, and of every part and parcel thereof , with the appurtenances thereunto belonging; and that the said land and premises , or any part thereof, at the time of the sealing and delivery of these presents, are not encumbered by any mortgage, judgment or limitation, or by any encumbrance whatsoever, by which the title of the said party of the second part, hereby made or intended to be made, for the above described land and premises, can or may be changed, charged, altered or defeated in any way whatsoever. Anil Ulan, that the said party of the first part now haT0 good right, full power and lawful authority, to grant, bargain, sell and convey the said land and premises in manner aforesaid Auh also, that he the said Thomas A. Edison villi Harrant, JBfFsecure, and forever defend the said land and premises unto the said ' Hlohael Zmetz .arid Elizabeth Kraetz, his wife.theii heirs and assigns, forever, against' the lawful claims and demands of dll and every person or persons, freely and clearly freed and discharged of and from all manner of encumbrance whatsoever. 3ln ditnran IDIjmnf, the said party of the first part ha and seal alhe day and year first above written. Signed, Sealed and Delivered ^n_the presence of lisacrn a connection with a starter on which Knlarim and others worked* . You agreed with Knidrim by a!'pencilled notation on letter which 13 in his possession to pay the expense of. patent application- to split 50-50 on any profit derived from the u so of the invei I do not know whether this invention you -believe that it may be, 'it would seem wise i 'likely to bo of value, _ _ -- put your understanding Does^tho "attached from Hardy of your Legal Department Kniorim in legal form, meet your ideas? Do you wish mo to go ahead and have -this written up and try t- ,.. - Knierim to execute it? Kniorim is dt. present sick, according to last, advice J ,/V , , had and is located somewhere' in the. South. / I oah.probabiy locate him, howovor, U. ' and sond the agreement up him iiythd event that you approve o^ ity ^ , [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] June 10 i 1919 Mr. R. V I. Kellow:- • X am sending you herewith rough draft of agreement and license relative to Knierim's invention oovering starting devices for internal combustion engines, together with memorandum to Mr. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] June 10, 1919 Mr. Edison: - I am Bending you herewith a rough draft of an agreement between yourself and William H. Knierim relative to the starting device invented by Mr. Knierim. I do not know whether you intended to have the agreement cover the foreign rights to the- invention, but have drawn the same so as to cover both the United States and foreign rights. In your pencil notation made on Mr. Knierim's memorandum to you dated September 25, 1918, you stated that the royalty received on the apparatus be split half and half and this was not to include Battery. I took this to mean that the Battery Company was to be licensed under the invention without payment of royalty, and accord¬ ingly have included in the agreement a provision that you and Mr. Knierim are to grant the Battery Company a non-exclusive license under the invention, and have attached to the draft of the agreement a proposed form of license to the Battery Company. Mr. Almquist informs me that the experiments which he has conducted on the Knierim invention show that the same is impracticable. Accordingly, you may not wish to execute a written agreement such as the one submitted herewith. However, in case you desire some form of written agreement, will you kindly go over the attached forms of agreement and license to ascertain if the same embody your ideas with reference to this matter, and advise me as to what changes you wish made therein. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ASSIGNMENT agreement MEMORANDUM OR AGREEMENT made this day of 1919, by and ‘between THOMAS A. EDISON, a resident of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, party of the first part, and WILLIAM H. EH IE RIM, a resident of the City of New York, County of Bronx and State of New York, party of the second part, WITNESSETH: WHEREAS, the party of the second part has made a certain new and useful Invention for which he has filed application for Letters Patent of the United States Serial No. 262,922 filed November 18, 1918 and entitled INTERNAL COMBUSTION ENGINES; and WHEREAS, the party of the first part upon the terms and /conditions hereinafter set forth desires to ac¬ quire an undivided one-half (l/S) of the entire right, title and interest In and to the aforesaid Invention and application and in and to any letters Patent which may be granted therefor. . ' The parties hereto have agreed and do hereby agree as follows: [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 1. The party of the second part agrees to assign, transfer and set. over and hereby does assign, trans¬ fer and set over unto the party of the first part, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, an un¬ divided one-half (l/2) part of the entire right, title and interest in arid to said invention, aB fully set forth and described In the specification of said application for letters Patent, and also an undivided one-half (l/2) part of the entire right, title and Interest In and to the jfcr aforesaid application and In and^all renewals thereof and in and to any and all letters Patent of the United State s^and any and all Letters Patent in any and all countries foreign to the United States which may be granted for said Inventlorj), and in and to .any and all ■ .reissues and extensions of any and all of said Letters patent, all of the same to be held and enjoyed by the party of the first part, his heirs, aBBigns and other legal represn tat Ives to the full end of .the term or terms to which said letters Patent are or may be granted, reissued or extended as fully and entirely' as the some' would have been. held and enjoyed by the party of the seoond [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] part If thi8 assignment had not /been made ; and the party of the second part hereby covenants that he haB full right to convey the Interest herein assigned and that he has not executed and will not execute any agreement in con¬ flict herewith. And the party of the second part hereby authorizes and requestSthe Commissioner of the Patents of the United States to issue any and all letters Patent of the United States which may be granted for said invention to himself and said Thomas -A. Edison, party of the first part, as assignee hereunder. 2. The party of the first part agrees to pay ' cwd- all expenses and fees incurred for or^in connection with the preparation, filing and prosecution of said applica¬ tion for letters Patent of the United States Serial No. 262,922 and^any and all ^patents which may be granted thereon ^and aiso any and all divisional applications of said application and any and all letters Patent of the United states which may be granted thereonjand any and all pppl Lon til enn i f-rrr reissues of any and all said . letters Patent which maybe neoessary in order to obtain full'pr? t e c 1 1 on on said invention in'the United* States. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 3. The party of the first part, in case the parties hereto^agree /that it is desirable to obtain letterd Patent on said invention in any foreign country or coun¬ tries, agrees to pay all expenses incurred for and in connection with the obtaining of any and all such patents. 4. The parties hereto mutually agree^ within days after the date of onfcono-fron of this agree- ment, grant to Edison Storage Battery Company o. West Orange, Kew Jersey, a corporation organized and existing under and by virtue of the laws of the State of Mew Jer¬ sey, a non-exclusive license to make, use and sell and to have manufactured for its use and sale throughout the United States, its territories and possessions, apparatus tr'-' embodying said invention to the end of the^ terms of any and all letters Patent of the United States which mayobe granted for such Invention, and of any and all reissues and extensions of said patents, said license to be irrevo¬ cable and without the payment of any royalties or license fees whatever. 5.’ jt is mutually agreed that neither of the parties hereto shall assign, jrtywKfmcx transfer or in any [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ■ ■ ' , way dispose of his undivided one-half (l/2) of the entlr right, title and Interest In and to the Bald. Invention and in and to the i yc £ wJttorr 262,^2. L 1^ application^ or in and to -any - pvv la application for Letters Patent which may he filed o»- 02^ 1*1 granted- for sa Id lnventlon. lh the United States any country of the world foreign to the United States^withput the .written consent of the other party. 4 Xfe H ^ -L-fedM. f 6. It is further agreed that^ any ond-ul-l ^ JsWavix. (fL- licenses whloh-^M^he-gsaited to manufacture, use or. sell / . -v . - . ' . " . apparatus. embodying the said- invention IntheUnitedJJtates ^ydJjrvJ' bfcc WVotfc- j rujuCt . cufci h^Yy (or elsewherefrwft h*r executed jeHnrtf-y-by. ihe-puirtlog ho-re - and. that the parties hereto shall share equally in all ^ w ( (Si- • royalties and license fees received under such licenses. of his undivided! one-half (l/2) interest in and to the . . ■' . . . • ’ . said Invention by ^ of the parties hereto as-provided . . . JUt for in paragraph 5, the other party wtU-be entitled bo receive one-half (l/2)of the amount paid for such Interest. 8'. It is further understood and agreed that any ' and all patents of. the Jnlied ^Staljes^nd of any country . fore Ign to: the: United- States) which -may-be granted for said [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Invention, smi as well as any other right, title and interest in and to said invention, may be jointly trans¬ ferred, assigned or otherwise disposed of by the parties hereto for an amount or amounts agreeable to both, which amount or amounts shall be divided equally between the parties hereto. ID WITHESS WHEREOF, the parties hereto have hereunto set their hands and seals the day and year first above written. ■ [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] license WHEBEAS, THOMAS A. EDISON, a citizen of the Unitea States ana resident of Llewellyn Bark, West Orange, In the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, and WILLIAM H. KNIEEIM, a resident of the City of New York, County of Bronx and State of New York,^ are-thiy==^B-t='ana-s«iu owners of the entire right, title and Interest in and to a certain now and useful invention made "by said William H. Knierlm and in and to an application for Letters PAtent of the United States Serial Ho. 262.922 filed November, 18, 1918 for Bald invention entitled INTERNAL COMBUSTION EN¬ GINES; and WHEREAS , EDISON STORAGE BATTEBY COMPANY, ^corpora¬ tion organized and existing under and by virtue of the State- laws of the State of New Jersey, having its principal office at West Orange, New Jersey, is desirous of securing the hereinafter defined license and rights in and under the aforesaid invention and application, and any Letters Patent which may be granted for said invention; NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that/^l^ [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ln consideration of One Dollar and other good and valuable considerations paid by said Edison Storage Battery Company to ns, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, we, said Thomas A. Edison and William H. Knierim.have granted and do hereby grant MrA said Edison Storage Battery Company a non-exclusive license to use, make and sell and to have manufactured for its use and sale throughout the United States, its territories and possessions, ap¬ paratus embodying the aforesaid invention to the end of the terms of any and all patents of the United States which may be granted for said invention and of any and all re¬ issues and extensions of said patents, said license to be irrevocable and without the payment of any royalties or license fees whatever. ^The license granted hereby shall be tran sf e r remand asslgn^by Edison Storage Battery Com¬ pany but only to a successor or successors in business 6^ said Edison Storage’ Battery Company. IK WITNESS WHEREOF, we have hereunto signed our names this day of 1919. TKOl'AS A. EDISOU. PEHSOUAL Office of Secretary September 4, 1920 Ur. Thomas A. Ellisons May I trouble you to tell me whether the Knierim Automobile Starter Experiment was, as I understand, un¬ successful and has been entirely abandoned V I believe that sinoe Knierim left us not much work has been done on the Starter as it was found to be impracticable and that since Knierim’s death the natter has been entirely dropped. I want to file away the papers in tliis coimect- ion and would like to file your advice with them. You iray recall that you save Knierim a pencil notation on a letter which he re¬ tained agreeing to pay the expense of patent application and split fifty-fifty on any profit derived fromthe use of the invention. These papers may boh up some time in future and it would be well tc have the result of the experiment in your files.. cj! ^r/taJ S$ '(Qct/A/rrt/, January XI, 1919 Oalc Investment &, Seourlty Company, Ur. A. A. Kenyon, . Seoretary , 105 Hudson Street, Jersey City, H. J. Gentlemen: - Pursuant to my agreement of Beoember 17, 1918, I made application to the fidelity Trust Company for a guaranty of the title to the land, and premises in West Orange., -Hew Jersey, recent¬ ly purchased, frogi you, and am now in reoeipt of'the report of the Fidelity Trust Company, the same being dated December 23, 1918. This report constitutes a refusal .to guarantee-'the title as market¬ able and free frgm. liens,. defeotB and. questions, with only those exceptions specifically , mentioned in said agreement' of Beoember 17, 1918. , I am, therefore entitled to o all upon you to accept a reconveyance , of said premises in accordance with our agreement. Among the estates, liens, defeotB and questions reported by the Fidelity Trust Company are the following: - "4. Except so heme .of restrictions established by Henry B. Auohinolbss and affecting premises shown on map of property of Henry B. Auohinoloss filed in Essex County Hegister's office, being the same as set forth in Deed Book P 83 page 84, as follows: That neither the said parties of the second part, nor their heirs or assigns, shall of will at any time hereafter ereot or permit upon any part of the said1 land and premises any hotel, livery stable, slaughter house, smith shop, forge, furnace, Bteam engine, foundry, hat faotory, tannery, brewery, or any place or building for the accommodation of any j other trade or business dangerous or offensive to | ! the neighboring inhabitants." j I / 01 ““ ..-^“rS^»3H£ driveway near the Southerly side ^i * beyond the rear map hereinabove * * ld map.at our Northwest oorner suolcle Avenue, a s shown °E ® I, “ eP £ or thwe s t of the premises and again at a point -some^distanoeHorthw^ ^ ^ under examination. We exoepv ou^o ^ ^ from Valley driyeway; inoludingright acoes driveway 'through r/pS arSASSffS neighboring properties in the rear." lour nr. lenyon lee •»*•* »• “”*h“ of ra MB01 p,p„t»»t ttet .11 ef tie ontet.ndins **»• «->«-»«* “ >■“- gr.pl, t „d 11 quoted .love Ml «* *<“• »• rel““°a- PrOTia'a you are given further time for this purpose. Here .pp.er, to 1. «.» “* property oont.y.d 1. » « »«« «* “ W *" Uen. mentioned in peregrepl 4- *• — f *“ ”P° for tie Fidelity frn.t company, .ill refer tU. d.e.tien t. tie fltle Officer, Hr. lite.ortl, for . flnl d.el.len en tie pert of Fidelity Trust Company. Acting »» y.«n ««..«». 1 »>•“* « TO l° „d lnoluding H~el IS, m» *»• ttlf'y-W »"l«* »e"“0”a “ “ agreement of Deo ember 17, 1919 In order to afford you time to olear these matters up to the satisfaction of the Fidelity Trust Company so that they may he able to eliminate the subjeot matter of paragraphs 4, 5 end'll quoted above from the exceptions to be included in the guaranty of title. This proposition is made upon the condition that until the Fidelity Trust Company shall have notified me that it is will¬ ing to issue a guaranty of title in aooordanoe with the agreement of Deoember 17, 1918, you will pay all taxes and assessments which may beoome due upon the property, or if no taxes or assessments shall have beoome due, then such portion of the same as shall ac¬ crue up to the time of such notification. You will pay me all interest which shall have accrued from and after Deoember 17, 1918 and up to the time of suoh notification on the $1000 United StateB 4#S Gold Bond heretofore delivered to you in part payment for said property; I shall not be required to pay any interest on the mort¬ gage heretofore given to you for any part of the term thereof prior to said notification; and you will give me a suitable receipt or release for that portion of the interest on said mortgage accruing up to the time of! suoh notification. At the time of suoh notification you will deliver to me a new deed properly executed, acknowledged and stamped of the same date and tenor as the deed heretofore delivered to me.exoept that the description of the property shall be in aooordanoe with paragraph 10 of the Fidelity Trust Company's report. It ooours to me that you should he able to secure re¬ leases of the restrictions contained in paragraph 4 of the report at the same time that you seoure releases of any rights that individuals may have in Honeysuolcle Avenue. I assume that you will oo-operate with the Fidelity Trust Company in these matters, hut without expense to me. I am sending you this letter in duplicate, and if this proposition is acceptable to you, will you hindly indicate your aooeptanoe by signing one copy and returning the same to me. lours very truly,. ~) Aooepted: OAK IHVESTMEHI & SEGUHITY COMPANY By - i April 81, 1920 Mr. Kellow:- lffl: OAK IHVK3THEHS le SECURITY COMPANY (COMATE PHOPEHTY) Xnaamuoh as the Oak Investment te Security Company baa boon unable to give good title to Ur. Edison for the property on Valley Hoad, oppoulte Lakealdo Avenue, the deal haa boon oalled off. - ’ ' Ur. Kenyon, the Secretory of tho Oak Investment & Se¬ curity Company, oalled this morning and delivered to me Hie following for Ur. Thomaa A. Edison:- Letter addressed to Ur. Thomaa A. Edlaon, dated April 14, 1920, copy of which 1b attached. Third Liberty Loan 4^ bond Ho. 76371 for $1000, with ooupons attoohed dated Uaroh 16th and September 15th, 1919 and March 15th, 1920. Check for $30.00 to reimburse Ur. Edlaon for paymont mode to Fidelity Trust Company In connection with search of title. Bond dated December 11, 1916 from Ur. EdlBon to Oak In¬ vestment and Security Company conditioned for the payment of $6000. Mortgage on above property datod Dbo. 11, 1918 from Mr. Edison to Oak Investment U Security Company, ob aoourity for said bond. I turned over to Ur. Kenyon the deed dated Deo. 11, 1918 from Oak Investment & Security Company to Mr. Thomaa A. Edison lntendod to cover the above property. Hone of these papers was over recorded and they have been oanoelled by removing tho ooalB. This manner of winding up the transaction was satisfactory to the Colgate people and I presume Is on the theory that the papers were never actually delivered. The Liberty Bond and check have been turned over to Ur. H.P. Hiller, Treasurer, end various other papers will be turned over to you after I have had an opportunity to go over the files. Honry Lanahan 0.0. to Messrs. T. A. Edison, Shas. Edison and H. ?. Miller September 15, 1920. Hr. Kellow,- bb: oak UYBaamn & agu^oouMH (Colgate in reply to your memoranda of June 9th and August 28th. X am sending you herewith the following papers mentioned in my memorandum of April 81. 1920: ment of §6000. ,rora Hr. JSSTO &^-^r2-i.t^‘c1i-ny. - security for said bond. i» stated in m Pterions .e-orandu-. these papers „er, sarrendered far o.neell.«l.» hy the (Me Investment and security Company. B» mortgage reeorded. In couneotion ulth this -alter I a- ale. sending yo« the following papers: Agreement het.e.n Oat Inrct-cntcnaSecurlty company and »omae W- j.port of Fidelity tru.t Co., dated Dec. 23. Original If no ted* the reon* In ’ behalf Jfi.hinl^ii.nt an. a.onrity If you care to do .0. 1 ehonld he glad to hare you go over onr file on this subject *»' “* °f vwo-r -naners you should have determining whether there are other papers yo for your files. 'T’JU clU^o Henry lanohan. sw? HL:K- Legal Series Richard W. Kellow File 1920 Agreement with Frederick P. McIntosh (1920) [env. 32] License from Newman H. Holland (1920) [env. 33] Agreement with Edison Storage Battery Co. (1920) [env. 35] Assignments to Thomas A. Edison, Inc. (1920) [env. 37] Assignment from North Jersey Paint Co. (1920) [env. 99] Correspondence - Agreement with Halogen Products Co. (1920) [env. 129] Assignment from James F. Monahan (1920) [env. 177] Memorandum - Transfer of Shares to Theodore Edison (1920) [env. 178] Trusts for Madeleine E. Sloane, Charles and Theodore Edison (1920) [env. 179] Release from Heinrich H. Meno Kammerhoff (1920) [env. 187] Agreement with Draftsmen, Disc Division (1920) [env. 199] agreement West orange, fl. J. I, FREDERICK?. MC IHTOSH, residing In East Orange, Hew Jersey, and employed by Thomas A. Edison of West Orange, New Jersey, as an experimenter laboratory, hereby agree. In consideration of the salary or wages received and to be received by me while In said employ, to assign to said Thomas A. Edison or his nominee, the entire rights, title and Interest in and to any and all Inventions which I may make while In such employ which relate or In any way pertain to the products manufactured by said Thomas A. Edison or by Edison phonograph V/orks or Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated or Edison Storage Battery Company, and to execute all such papers for perfecting said title or for obtaining a patent or patents on any or all of said Inventions In any country or countries, as may be requested of me by said Thomas A. Edison or his nominee, all without further consideration than that hereinbefore stated. WITNESS, my hand and seal this ^^day of July, 1920. in the presence of; .(1.3) 1 I C B H 3 E WHEREAS, I, NEWISH H. HOLLAR 3), a subjeot of the King of Great Britain, ana a resident of West Orange, Essex County, Mew Jersey, have heretofore made a new and useful Invention comprising apparatus for obtaining an aoourate Indloatlon or measurement of the volume of sound produced by a phonographic reoorder or reproducer; and WHEREAS, THOMAS A. EDISOM, a citizen of the United States, and a resident of west orange. In the County of Essex and state of New Jersey, and EDISOM PHONOGRAPH WORKS and THOMAS A. EDISOM, INCORPORATED, both corporations of the state of New Jersey, are desirous of securing the here¬ inafter defined license and rights In and under the afore¬ said Invention, and any Letters Patent which may be grant¬ ed therefor; NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that for and In consideration of the sum of one Dollar and other good and valuable considerations, receipt whereof Is hereby acknowledged, I, said, Newman H, Holland, have granted and do hereby grant unto said Thomas A. Edison, his executors administrators and assigns, said Thomas A. Edison, Incor¬ porated, Its successors and assigns, and said Edison phono¬ graph works, its successors and assigns, a non-excluslve license to manufacture and to have manufactured, and to use apparatus embodying said Invention to the full end of the term or terms of any and all Letters Patent which may be granted for saLd Invention and of any and all reissues and extensions of said patents, said lloense to be Irrevo¬ cable and without the payment of any royalties or lloense fees whatever. I HEREBY WARRANT AND COVENANT that I have full right to grant the license ana rights herein granted, and that I have not executed and will not exeoute any Instru¬ ment In oonfllot herewith. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name at West Orange, New Jersey, this /-2-t^day of July, 1920. t//V" SIA.TB OP NEW JERSEY ) COUNTY OP ESSEX j On this /£^day of July, 1920, before me personally appeared NEWMAN H. HOIIAND, to me personally known and known by me to be the person describ¬ ed In and who executed the foregoing Instrument, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same as and for the purposes therein set CERTIFIED: Amo 1B.1920 Br.BusAs A. Edison (Porswal), Mat Orange, BB¥ 3SB3BT ... Hr,tt#adoao«ttr«S«^69*^»*“ll0*»l a*llTBr if 7°° "«W9 t0 ^ *nd taXa AS fOllOWSI wsawwtAtS motel ton Hydrate Sludge fm oar filter press otto. mur.rn, as is and not guaranteed, tut estimate to oontaia opprontotsly *on or xaas nioScol and .6}t aora or less copper and 6q£ ws: «r loss moisture. 'oBumgTs Hot eaaruateed, tat including oar stocks on hand ^ ZOQ.OOO Its. aero or loss, and, oar entira production ovor the period tron dnto hereof to Jtety ESth,19g5, oatisated at S8,^DO pounds w»ro or loflo por month. t :•*: WC/fiSd' an tat. fwnty Cents (3Cyi por pound of^niatel equivalent. .iwftiyEigo la tmokload lots as prodooed.to your tins at Silver U>ko, B.J. aAvtregiM. fin or before ths lBth day of each month, for deliveries of the previous calendar nonth. SOKD1T1QH3. 1. Tear veldts and analyse o to govern. 2. lelttwr party obeli be liable to the other la dosages or otherwise Wr dslSl orSuate. doe to war, fire, woldent. .trite or oon tin¬ gs sales beyond aoatrol. 8. If and whenever any dispute Shall arise oonoemlng this agreement L or S ^mLsonU tbsEof, then the nsttsr tfoOl ho referrj^ to antosllysatlsfaetory arbitrator or arbitrators whose deolalon shall bs final BxosuUitt that son should desire and esprsss to ths contrary, then ttls p ropo sa 1 and your saospVmce ter*m can serve a. all neceseury record la the premises. , Tory respectfully years, ■ &£rfM / Hr. Bobtoson and Mr. Allen Primary Battery Hr., S. A. E. Ino. H. V. Kello*. Seo’y, t.A.E.Pernonal Ur. B. B. Allen, Aeet. Financial ExeoatlTO Aeslgnoent - Copper Bride Plate ■with, Copper Sulphate Binder P 480 December 25, 1920 In aooordanoo with oar oonversatiou of yesterday, after aonferenca with Eeesrs. Kwhert and. Hardy, X am sending yon herewith MU of Shomas A. Edleot Seraonaltto Bwmae/i Bdleon. Ino.. General / "for ahslswses^to you ofOaltod states Bights , In Intention relating to Primary Battery Copper 0*14o uiWmUh Copper Sulphate Binder . and awlloititm oorerlng auoh larantlon Serial aisd soreaher 6. 1919 #160,000. V'-a) a furnished me By Mr. \ Hardy of tt#' legal nspastaont . Pisano advlso H> If any eWee are nade la this MU ao that us'My get It /properly IntOM our Eecembar aoeounte. please also let ae too* at th» pt^per tls» la stoat form payment is to l» made. fhaa assignment ftm la made out a oopy of the ■ should he former do 4 to roe for Ur. #dison*a fllea. ,7Vo. 32 b'lo'i fltf. ENVELOPE couians . . •" WWASAI hiisoh cp1™"151 DELOS HOLDEN DEPARTMENT OP THE INTERIOR UNITED STATES PATENT OPPICE RECEIVED ana RECORDED on the 3rd day of January, 1921 In liber U 111, page 428 of Transfers of Patents. IN TESTIMONY WHEREOP.I have caused the seal of the Patent Office to he hereunto affixed. R. P . WH ITEHEAD Commissioner of Patents. j ASSIGNMENT WHEREAS, I, THOMAS A. EDISON, a citizen of the United States and a resident of West Orange, Essex County, Hew Jersey, have made a certain new and useful invention for vfoloh I have filed application for letters Patent of the United States as follows :- Serial No. 336,208, filed November 6, 1919 and entitled ELECTRODE ELEMENTS POR GALVANIC BATTERIES AND METHODS OP PRODUCING THE SAME, and WHEREAS, THOMAS A. EDISON, INCORPORATED, a cor¬ poration of the State of New Jersey, having its principal office at West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, desires to acquire the hereinafter described right, title and interest in and to the aforesaid invention and in and to the afore¬ said application and in and to any and all letters Patent of the United States whioh may' be granted for the aforesaid invention; HOW, THEEEPOBE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of One Dollar and of other good and valuable considerations, the reoeipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, I, said Thomas A. Edison, have assigned, trans¬ ferred and set over, and by these presents do assign, trans¬ fer and set over unto said Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, its successors, assigns and other legal representatives, the entire right, title and interest for the whole of the United States in and to the said invention as. fully^ set, forth and , described in the speoifloation of said application for I Letters Patent, and alpo the entire right, title and Interest in and to the aforesaid application ana any and all renewals thereof and in and to any and all Letters Patent of the United States which may he granted for the aforesaid inven¬ tion, and in and to any and all reissues and extensions thereof, all of the same to he held and enjoyed hy Bald Thomas A; Edison, Incorporated, its successors, assigns and other legal representatives, to the full end of the term or terms for which said Letters Patent of the United States are or may he granted, reissued or extended, as fully and entirely as the same would have been held and enjoyed by me, said Thomas A. Edison, if this assignment had not been made. I hereby authorise and request the Commissioner of Patents of the United States to issue the said Letters Patent to said Thomas A. Edison. Incorporated, its successors, assigns and other legal representatives, in aooordance with this assign¬ ment. I IH WITHESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name at West Orange, Hew Jersey, this 3/— day of Ctjootoi In presence of:- CkM-aAJy. STATE OF HEW JERSEY ) : sb.: COUJJTY OF ESSEX ) On this £7^ day of 1920 , before me personally appeared THOMAS A. EDISOK to me personally known and known by me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing assignment and he acknowledged to md that he exeouted the same as and for the purposes therein set forth. DEPARTMENT OP SHE INTERIOR UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE RECEIVED and RECORDED on the 6th day of January 1921 In Liber J 112, page 152 of Transfers of Patents. IH TESTIMONY KHEREOF, I have caused the seal of the (SEAL) Patent OffLoe to he hereunto affixed. / R. F. WHITEHEAD Commissioner of Patents. ASSIGNMENT WHERBAS, I, THOUAS A. EDISON, a citizen of the United States and a resident of West Orange, EBsex County, New Jersey, have made a certain new and useful invention in VOLTAIC BATTERIES ASD THE PRODUCTION OP ELECTRODE ELEMENTS THEREFOR, for which I am about to apply for Letters Patent of the United States, application therefor having been executed by me on even date herewith; and WHEREAS, THOUAS A. EDISON, INCORPORATED , a cor¬ poration of the State of Hew Jersey, having its principal office at West Orange, Essex County, flew Jersey, desires to acquire the hereinafter: described right, title and Interest in and to the aforesaid invention and in and to the afore¬ said application and in and to any and all Letters Patent of the United States whloh may be granted for the aforesaid inventlbn; BOW. THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of One Dollar and of. other . good. and valuable considerations, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged. I, said Thomas A. Edison, have assigned, trans¬ ferred and set over, and by these presents do assign, trans¬ fer and set over unto said Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, its successors, assigns and other legal representatives, the entire right, title and interest for the whole of the United States in and to the said Invention as fully set forth and described in the specification of said application for Letters Patent, and also the entire right, title and Interest in and to the aforesaid application and any and all renewals thereof and in and to any and all letters Patent of the Dnited States which may he granted for the aforesaid inven¬ tion, and in and to any and all reissues and extensions thereof, all of the same to be held and enjoyed by said Thomas A, Edison, Incorporated, its suooessors, assigns and other legal representatives, to the full end of the term or terms for whioh said Letters Patent of the United States are or may be granted, reissued or extended, as fully and entirely as the same would have been held and enjoyed by me, said Thomas A. Edison, if this assignment had not been made. I hereby authorize and request the Commissioner of Patents of the United States to issue the saia Letters Patent to sai t Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated, itB suooessors, assigns and other legal representatives, in aooordanoe with this assign¬ ment. IB WITBESS WHEREOP, I have hereunto signed my name at West Orange, Bew Jersey, this 3 f*t day of fikaL^JU^' 1920. Cl/, In presence of:- P'Va ILjuJ (XjhnA, STATE OP HEW JEH8EY ) : so. : COUHTY OP ES3EX ') On this 3/^ day of 1920, before me personally appeared THOMAS A. EDISON to me per¬ sonally known and known by me to be the person desoribed in and who executed the foregoing assignment and he acknowledged to me that he exeouted the same os and for the purposes therein set forth. Soy rwrv^-^-'^xj JpCC^r^.?hur^C V^iAto ~))'\aJS,l~lJclil, United States Patent Office. RECEIVED aad RECORDED on the _ 26th day o Liber pa£e _ o/ Transfers of Pi IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I hi Patent Office to be hereunti . ie oaused the seal of t ASSIGN M ENT WHEREAS, THE NORTH JERSEY PAINT COMPANY, a cor¬ poration of tho State of New Jersey, having Its principal of¬ fice at West orange, Espex County, NewJersoy, Is the ownerof the following letters Patent of the United states and the In¬ ventions covered thereby, to wit; no 909 167 granted January 12, 1909 to Thomas A. Edison, entitled WATERPROOFING- PAINT FOR PORTLAND- CEMENT BUILDINGS, EO. 909 168 granted January 12. 1909 to Thomas A. Edison, entitled WATERPROOFING FIBERS AND FABRICS, no 909 169 granted January 12, 1909 to Thomas A. Edison, entitled WATERPROOFING-PAINT FOR PORTLAND- CEMENT STRUCTURES; and WHEREAS, THOMAS A. EDISON, a citizen of tho United States and a resident of Llewellyn Park. West Orange. Essex County. New Jersey, desires to acquire the entire right, title and Interest which said The North Jersey Paint Com¬ pany now has or may have In and to the aforesaid Inventions and Letters Patent of the United states and each of them, including the right to sue for and recover damages and profits for past Infringements and vjnlatloris of said Let¬ ters Patent und each of them; NOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH, that for and In consideration of One Dollar and of other good and valuable considerations, receipt whereof Is hereby acknowledged, said The North Jersey Paint Company has sold, assigned, transferred and set over and by these presents does sell, assign, transfer and set over unto said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal SS.: THOMAS A. EDISON, PERSONAL Office of Secretary December 27, 1920. Mr. Thoms A. Edison: The North Jersey Paint Company has assigned to you the following patents: Ko. 909,167 granted January: 12, 1909 .to Thomas A. Edison, entitled, Y.'ATERPKOOFIKC! fort PORTLAND CEMENT B0ILDIS3S. No. 909,168 granted Junuary 12,1909 to Thomas A. Edison, entitled WATUtPP.OOFINO PIEEith AND FASRICS. No. 909,168 granted' January 12,1909 to Thomas A. Edison, entitled Y/ATEiiPilOOFIlM PAINT FOR PORTLAND CEMENT LTHUCTUKEL. Is there any way to market these, so that s money could be made from them V February 25, 1920 Ur. J. W. Robinuon:- ' Mr. Kirk B^ovm wishes to have cancelled the agreement of March 8, 1913 between the Halogen Products Company. '.Thomas A. Edi¬ son, Ino. and 'Thomas' A. Edison. Mr. Edison la willing to have the agreement oanoeiled. I am sending you herewith the following papers in re¬ gard to this matter: - Mr. Edison's copy of the agreement. Letter from Mr. Brown to llr. Headowcroft of Feb. 5, 1920 having Mr. hdiBon s O.K. marked thereon y Letter from Mr. Brown to me dated Feb. 24, 1920 % Wm you kindly take this matter up with the proper ^'officer of Thomas A. Edison, Mo.. If we are willing to oonaont-to the cancellation of the agreement, perhaps the easiest way is to^endorBe on the back of the last sheet of each of the three oopien of the agreement the following sentence: C "'The within agreement is hereby terminated and can¬ celled this day of 1920 end have the same /signed by eaoh of the parties. I unde/stand that you are familiar with the agreement. C.C. to Mr. Kellow Kay 3rd, 1920. Mr. J. H. Smith, Bookkeeper, Thomas A. Edison, Personal Enolosed are two cheoks made hy Ooorge G. Milne, Jr., Treasurer, dated May 1, 1920 on the Savings Investment & Trust Co., Of East. Orange, Hew Jersey as follows: In favor of Thomas A. Edison §2,969.60 In favor of H.F. Killer (endorsed to Thomas A. Edison) 9.205.76 §12,175.36 * ' These checks Bre in payment fpr stock, of the Condonsite Company of America whloh Kr.' Edison has sold, and are for the price paid, to Ur. Edison less 1 per cent dsduoted for expenses. Please make a memorandum hill against the CondenBite Company of America for this stock, describing it as shown by your re- oordsfor the total of the two oheoks and make the necessary entries to clear the Investment Account. I think this stock stands in Mr. Edison’s accounts at §2600. Will you please advise me when and from Whom it was acquired, and if acquired at this figure for cash ? E. W. KELLOIV. Leoretary 2ay 4th, 1920. Mr. S.B. Member t. EinanCial Executive. He, our conversation this morning In connection with sale of Condenaite Company of America Stock. The account of tho Incorporated against these people amounts to $9,183.49 per Kerch’s advice. We got net for the- stock $12,175.36. She hook value e on Mr. Edison’s account is $2,600. Subtracting the Z%Zl If the cost of the stock and the ThomsA. Edison. Incorporated account will leave a profit of ,-391.87. B. y;. KELLOW- Secretary . Key 6 th* 1920 heart t ary - ibocar A, Edison. ferconui *■ <]< W. Robinson* iocrotary, Uioirao .1* Edison, I no. Account of Condensito Company of America (or Halogen fro duo to Co.) Hr. Edison has hold for soiao time 82 shares of stook of tho Condoneite Colony of America, which ho has Just sold. X cm Informed that 'fhonau A. Ktlison Inc. has on its books a balance due iron this concern axo anting to about £9*000* This Is tho balance of tho loan cade by Thomas A* Edison, lno.» with Ilr. Ecllsoa's suggestion, which was to bo repaid by their supplying "lialawnx." I ora informed that tho use of "lialcwa*1* has been abandoned, that there Is now no market for It. end that, therefore, there ie no means of securing a settlement- for the loan* X ac Instructed by Sr. Humbert that Hr. Edison fools a oorqi obligation to reimburse Thonas A* Edison* lac for its loss la connection with this loan, which was rads at his suggestion, and, therefore, ask that you bill Shorn b A* Edison, Personal with the balanoe duo. k. VL1A.VX, becsetory Hr. Harry Hiller. .1 June 3rd, 1920, Memorandum to be attached to agreement dated March 8, 1913 between HALOGEN PRODUCTS COMPANY - THOMAS A. EDISON, INC., and THOMAS A. EDISON. This agreement Is oanoelled as of May 1, 1920 by mutual agreement. The Halogen Products Company (or {The Oondenslte Company of America) paid to Mr. Edison $12,175.36 on MSy 3, 1920, for 82 shares of the common stook of the Condensite Company , in connection with whioh payment an account of Thomas A. Edison, Ino., against Condensite Company of America (Halogen Products Company) arising under this agreement and amounting to $9,183.49 was cancelled, Mr, Edison paying Thomas A. Edison, Inc., this amount from the funds received by him as noted above. H. W. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] > 'wL'tiln ’fiigr e emeriti 0 Ib ''-hereby ' te nn Lnated ana osiwelled this ist; day/ of;’May;i^26. ' 'r‘w<'. ao '> HAtOSBN PHQDUC ; C QMPJUJ Y Attest; .Attest; president, Secretary. Witness: ■ .'V'. ' ' ' Whf n mm . . ASSIGNMENT WHEREAS, I, JAMBS ?. MONAHAN, a citizen of the United States and a resident of Bast Orange, In the county of Essex and State of New Jersey, have made a certaLn new and useful Invention In STORAGE BATTERIES, for which I am about to apply for Letters Patent of the United States, application papers therefor having been executed by me on even date herewith; and WHEREAS, THOMAS A. EDISON, a citizen of the United states and a resident of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, U.S.A. , desires to ac¬ quire the entire right, title and Interest which I now have or may have In and to the aforesaid Invention In any and all countries foreign to the United states, and in and to any and all applications which may be filed thereon and any and all Letters Patent which may be granted therefor In any and all countries foreign to the United States; HOW, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that for and In consideration of One Dollar and of other good and valuable considerations, the reoelpt whereof Is hereby acknowledged, I have assigned, transferred ana set-over and by these presents do assign, transfer and set over unto said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, the entire right, title and Interest in and to any and all Letters Patent of any and all coun¬ tries of the world foreign to the United States which may te granted therefor, and In and to any and all reissues and extension, .1 m «nd °f s“a 1"“” ““ title and rights of **»»> •«* l” “a t0 “* ““ ventlon In oonntrle. foreign to tne Unit.* »***«• .Win, th. right » •**“*““• “tM” I*“"‘ therefor In ml oonntrle. foreign «o the united stnte., the nne. of Thomas A. WUon or otmr.1.., « the appropriate to enoh oooh oonntry foreign to th. unites states, .11 of th. *• f tolh »* W ■“* Thomas A. Bl«. H» >«*.. “*le"S “* °“'r ^ , I ..„ent„Hv63 to the full end of the terra or terns ±or I representatives, to the full en „hloh sal. letters patent are or may t. Brant,s. reissued 1 „ extended, a, as the same «o«l« hare 1 teen h.ld and enjoyed W .. If this ...Idn.ent had not 1 teen made. . h.rety anther l,e „d regnost the commissi -r of Patent, of the W.m ■* Canada to l.s.e « s»* 1 (letter. Patent of the Dominion of csn.a. *loh may he •ranted for th. said Invention, to sal. Thomas A.Pdtson. hi, heirs, assigns and other legal r.pre.ent.tlves, n accordance nlth this «.l9«»t. - » that I have full right to convey the Interest here n as signed and that X have not executed and will not execute any agreement In conflict herewith. I hereby expressly covenant and agree that when¬ ever said Thomas A.Kdlson. his heirs, assigns or other legal representatives, advise me that other or fur er pauers are necessary to be executed by me for L title of said Thomas A. .-eon, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives. In and to the aforesaid rights m the said invention, or In and to any letters patent of any country foreign to the United States for the said In¬ vention. and in and to any and all reissues and extensions thereof, or that any suoh reissues or extensions are de¬ sirable and lawful, I will sign all papers, take all STATE OS’ MS W JERSEY ) COUKTY OF ESS3X ) on this 4ay of 1920, before me personally appeared JAI.IKS s’. MOMAHAK, to me personally known and known by me to be the person de¬ sorbed in and who executed the foregoing assignment, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same as and for the purposes therein set forth. 7^= (f /dfCiXJus I - THOMAS A. EDISON. PERSONAL Office of Secretary June 1st. 1920. Mr# Thomas A. Edison: On Nay 18th, 1 wrote you that we had transferred 500 shares of your Edison Phonograph Works Stock to Mr. Theodore Edison on your instructions, as given to us hy Mr. Harry Miller, who showed me the new certificate in Theodore -s favor, signed hy you. I presume this, of course, has your approval ooming to me as it did. May I trouble you to OK this memorandum so that I »y Place it in your files as authority for the transfer V Central Union Trust\Company Mr. ThomaB A. Edison, Dlewellyn Park, Orange, H. J. My dear Mr. Edison:- Referring to the Trust Indenture dated / June 26th, 1907, entered into by yourself and this Company , I we beg to advise you that this Agreement provides that all of the inoome reoeived on seourities held by us under said Agreement up to the time that Mr. Theodore Miller Edison be¬ comes 21 years of age is to be paid over to you. Mr. Theodore Miller Edison became of age on July 10, 1919 and from that time on one-half of the inoome as collected should have been paid over to him, until he attains the age of twenty five years. We find that we have inadvertently o°nttouea to make these payments direct to you, in accordance with the following state¬ ment:- ... October 2nd, 1919 . $321.75 / On January 3rd, 1920 . .1,586.81 J The amount of income that aoorued on the aeourities held under this Agreement up to Md including July 10th, 1919 amounted to $97.88v u'1** _ ~-0^__, R tl u< Referring to Hr. Kamnerhoff ’s letter of June 28th, 1920 1 whioh you referred to me with Hr. EdiBon's notation, the records of my office show that Hr. Kamnerhoff was paid extra compensation in connection with the produotion and oost per pound of the product^ manufactured in the Carholio Acid Plant #1, located at Silver lake, whioh was Known as the Carholio Acid Division of Thomas A. Edison, Ino., on the following basis, One cent per pound for every pound of pure phenol made in excess of 4,000 pounds per day and one-quarter of the saving resulting from a cost to make and sell for any month of lesB than twenty-seven oents per pound for pure phenol made during suoh month. Payments under this plan were made to Hr. Kammerhoff on the basis of statements prepared by himself, and submitted in his own handwriting, after suoh statements had been approved. Payments were made for full amounts olaimed by Hr. Kammerhoff's statements in every case except that of his last state¬ ment for the months of July, August and September 1917, in whioh he inoluded the produotion of both Plant #1 and Plant #2 ("Phenol Plant" 1. This plan of extra condensation was made with Hr. Kammerhoff while he was manager of Plant #1 and had nothing whatever to do with Plant #2 ("Phenol Plant"), whioh was managed successively by Opdyke, Mason, Dowling and Phelan, and. so far as I know, the extra compensation sohSme was never extended to inolude the production of #2 ("Phenol") Plant, of whioh Hr. Kammerhoff was manager for only a few months of 1917. For this reason he was not paid the amount he olaimed on the production of Plant #2 for these monthB. The amount olaimed for produotion for Plant #2 was $2255.00 and this X think, is the amount Hr. Kamnerhoff has in mind when he refers to the -approximate amount of $2400. still due him, on page three of hl8 letter* Hr* Charles Edison v/rote Hr* Kammerhoff a letter explaining this under date of December 26th,1917 whioh is quoted as follows, "Ur. H. Kammerhoff, 159 Cleveland St., Orange, N.J. uy dear Hr. Kammerhoff, r check. It "I regret the delay in forwarding your o was oooasioned by oertaln difficulties met with in oheoking up the produotion figures. "There seems to be somewhat of a misunderstanding as to the basis on whioh the bonus is to be paid. The under¬ standing as I remember it, and Hr. Edison is of the same opinion, that the readon for this bonus was to give greater inoentive . towards greater oapaoity out of- Plant #1, whioh was considered at the time to be running about to its normal oapaoity. "In other words, it was to put this plant on a forced draught basis and the bonus was to be on the inorease due to this forced draught over normal oapaoity. We cannot see how the bonuB applies to Plant #2. I have therefore had the oheok drawn to oover only the surplus developed in Plant #1. X trust you will see the justioe of our position in this matter. With the oompliments of the season, Sincerely yours, Charles Edison." Hie payments for this extra compensation began with the month of July 1915 and extended to and included the month of September 1917. She following iB ^statement of the^amounts claimed by Ur. KaMnerhoff and the amounts and dates paid to him in settlementi a Hr, Kammerhoff Period July to Sept. 1916 Oct. & Nov. 1916 Deo. 1916 to liar oh 1916 April to June 1916 July to Sept. 1916 Oct. to Deo. 1916 Jan. to liar oh 1917 April to June 1917 July to Sept. 1917 $ 626.32 . 2,429.94 4,408.64 2,734.17 2,684.42 3,612.22 3,700.00 4,050.00 $26, $35 Nov. 26, 1915 Feb. 4, 1916 July 14, 1916 July 26, 1916 Deo. 24, 1916 Feb. 21, 1917 Sept. 11, 1917 Oct. 6, 1917 Deo. 21, 1917 2,429.94 1,000.00 3,408,84 5,000,00 4,030,81 3,700.00 4,050.00 2.289.48 $26,435.39 ‘Based on production of Carbolic Acid Plant #1. Ur. wMo“°“ to this amount, $2,265.00 bonus on production of plant #2 ("Phenol" Plant), whioh v/as not allowed him# r-uHr fesasssa ss sws s&sztssi whioh is at the rate of a little over $16,000 per year. wo salarv was received by Ur. Kammerhoff, acoording to the records of our Treasury Department, after that of the ws®k “arth^booWreeper in Ur. SiSSSSfdK - -3- he refused to aooept it. Our reoorde show that it was the intention to continue Hr. Kanmerhoff on the payroll at the full rate of $100 per week until December 31,1917, but, probably on aooount -of his refusal to aooept the salary tendered, nothing to a paid him after the date mentioned, Hr. Kammerhoff's statement in this oonneotion, therefore, apparently does not square with the faots. I do not know anything about Hr. Kammerhoff 's books and papers being withheld from him. Perhaps this may have been done by the United States Government as 1 understand Hr. Kammerhoff had some little difficulty with the government agents, on aooount of his supposed sympathy for, or activities in support of y the oause of Germany during our war with that oountry. Mr, Kammerhoff refers to a written agreement between Mr. Edison and him¬ self in regard to this extra compensation. I had never seen anjr written agreement regarding this until you showed me a day or two ago, a penoil memorandum by Hr. Edison in your offioe, which merely stated the basis on which compensation was to be made. X do not know, of course, whether Hr. Kammerhoff has a dopy of that memorandum or any other agreement from Mr. Edison/ Hr. Hambert informed me early in 1916 that the basis for this compensation was as stated in the first part of this letter, when he delegated to me the job of looking over some of Mr. Kammerhoff' s statements for compensation due him. I had no dealings with Hr. Kammerhoff regarding the provisions of the arrangement. Possibly Hr. Charles Edison or Hr, Hambert may be able to add some helpful oomments. Believing that you will have no objection to my doing so, I am handing Hr. Charles and Hr. Hambert copies of this letter for their private perusal. 1 am returning herewith Hr. Kammerhoff's letter of June 28, 1920 « .The oonmlete file of papers, including Hr. Kammerhoff's BtatementB for amounts due him under this arrangement, is in Hr. Edison's files in my custody. When the present correspondence is oomplete perhaps you will wish to send it to me for filing in Jhe^same plaoe. K. 0 0 to Mr. S. B, Hambert (2) Ur. Charles Edisoni ^ A‘7 Jtten A'fce/e *-i tee f£a/sa/ ^ /%k yffoya* *&&&* [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ik*. . 7 7 Arii . < i.r^Cy {"/>.&■./ ... z!_ rfn.cti-i.tt. f. c<-c./rti\ i«y. r7 ' .Hj-CkCL— - T/Xay ^.L^LCj/’J-, _ A"6.<.U... _ .... /< ta.xire/i> _ ?±6.. . ./._ _i ia4itt-^c>c{lu — Xcj - — {t/ccic/i - CL^y.uecz&*-M-a-/c-£~(- - . cW. /v./^. ■ - . /I-Ilj!c icr^rc' r'^:(' - July 28,1920. ' Hr. H. Kammerhoff, 169 Cleveland Street, Orange, B.J. Saar Hr. Kammerhoff: I quite appreciate that there has been a good deal of delay in acknowledging your lebter of Juno 28th, which was reoeived in due season. Mr. ^as been no exceedingly busy on some important experiments which could Sot b! delayed, that he did not have the opportunity to give the matter attention more promptly. He requested me to make some investigations and in accordance with this request I haJ® +*ia mflttAr but on aoooppt of soido of our pooplo Doing aw y on vacations, I have been unable to complete my examination of the matter. I leave for my vacation tonight and w*?®* b® ' back August 30th, and I am going to ask if you arily busy, so I am sure you will excuse me, as you know how it is around hero. , I may mention that from remarks which Mr. Edison has. made to . me that he is disposed y°£ Jy1 any While the present letter does not call for a roply, . ■ communication that you want me to haY8n*f y b* forwardo1 ° to the laboratory and it will bo sent on to me. With kind regards, X remain, : ' Sincerely yours. Assistant to Mr. Edison. MENO KAMMERHOFF Orange, H.J .August 4.1920, Mr ,W ,H .Meadowor of t Edison Laboratory, West Orange . Dear MT .Meadowcroft: n , ^ 7 ^V'1' Thanking you for your kind letter of July 28th, I assure you, that I understand thoroughly how difficult it is for you, to investigate the correctness of the datas .contained in my letter of June 28th, since most of them are nearly 3 years old. X am oertainly glad to hear that Mr .Edison is dis¬ posed to treat me fairly.whioh after all is just what I expeoted, I trust, that Mr .Edison is aware of the fact, that, although he has had numerous men in his employment who were of far greater abili¬ ty than I, there could hardly have been any among them, who served him more loyally or who appreciated and enjoyed more the privile¬ ge to work under his direction. Since last fall I am trying to build up a little business and have constructed an electrical device, shown in the enclosed folders.The tester, buzzer or bell, if operated continous- ly(what of course never happens in practical use) will work about 7 hours before the smallest flashlight battery of I-I/fe ounce weight is exhausted .This success leads me to believe.that I will in due time be able to get the business on a paying basis .It needs however time and some money, I am mentioning this, not because I li¬ ke to bother you with my personal affairs but because I want to explain my present situation and to make you understand, why I wou$ feel much obliged if you could manage to spend some of your valu¬ able time after returning from your vacation to help settle this MENO KAMMERHOFF affair. The business in it b present state does not occupy all of my time. In order to end this disgusting state of partial idleness 1 am going to try to get something to do in the line of consulting engineer .That may make it occasionally unavoidable to give referen¬ ces and I apologize beforehand if Borne concern should write you as¬ king about information about me. It will be my endeavou* to have you bothered as little as possible. Should you in September desire any further information from me, in written or verbal form,! am of course at your service at any time. Your letter of July 28th is written in the same clear way as I remember your writings from 3 years ago.So I do hope, that you are in the best of health and spirits and I wish you will enjoy e- very day of your vacation and get back to the laboratory stronger than ever before. With' kindest regards,! am SirtSeiyELy yours Sept* 13, 1920. Ur, 3. W. Kg 1 low, Seoretary. I am returning herewith the batoh of paperB relating . to Ur. KAnmorhof f ' 3 oleim concerning bonus and compensation. . Ur. Edison requested me to see Ur. Kairmerhoff and talk the matter over with him and tell him that Ur. Edison wanted to treat him fairly and would pay him Two Thousand Dollars ($2000.00) in settlement of all. claims to date. I hod an interview with Hr. Bammerhoff in accordance with tho above, and he signified his acceptance of the offer. Will you please, therefore, draw a oheok for two thousand dollars and sond it to Hr. Karamerhoff, a? soon as convenient. Please have Ur. Danahan draw up a release from all claims 8gainst Mr. Edison, Thomas A? Edison Inc., Edison Storage Battery Co., and all Edison interests* W. H. HEADOWCROET lo all to ml)om these Presents lljall tome or mat) concern, G-BEirnTXasra-: KNOW YE; THAT I, HBIHRICH H. HEBO EAkttffiRHOSE , also known as 1-TOno lCAMMERHOEE. of the City of Orange, County of Essex and State of Hew Jersey, for and in consideration of the sum of Two Thousand Dollars ($2,000.00), lawful money of the Untied States of Ami in hand paid by Thomas A. ' ; Edison, of West Orange, Hew Jersey have remised, released and forever discharged, and by these presents do, for myself , actions, cause and causes of action, suits, debts, dues, sums of money, accounls, reckonings, bonds, bills, specialties, covenants, contracts, controversies, agreements, promises, variances, trespasses, damages, judgments, executions, claims and demands whatsoever in law o rinequily.which against QAifl Thomas A. Edison, Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated .Edison btorag<. littery Company? Edison International Corporation and Edison Phono¬ graph Works, or any of them, I ever had, now have or which I , administrators, hereafter can, shall, or may have, for, upon or by or thing whatsoever, from the beginning of the world to the day of ■ ■ JWirootv.-.* have .hereunto set, ,y day of September Thousand wine Hundred and Twenty. // . Signed, Sealed and Delivered ) dp in the presence of ) fit Lfr n the year of Our Lord (Swtmtl Mmbp ®tatf nf 2f«a Strata, OJmmtjj of ESSEX J Sc it Bcmctttlirrr&, That on this i day of September in the year ofourLord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty personally appeared HEII1HICH H. IffiNO KAIiMEHHOFF , also known as who, I am satisfied: ■ ig { ■..the person in IheWithin Deed of Release named; and. I having first made known to him the contents thereof, he did acknowledge that he signed, sealed and delivered the same as his Voluntary act and deed, for the uses and purposes therein expressed; N8TARr rusuc. STATE ST HEW JERSEY tOUHiSSiM {XPiRts HAT 1/ 1975 « liltfd xwiuur1' f(» cjf [o jftjiwii ipcac iwatsifs Richard W. Kellow File 1921 Lease to Owen Frey (1921) [env. 38] Correspondence with Walter Scott Shinn (1921) [env. 48] Power of Attorney to Charles Edison (1921) [env. 49] Certificate of Dissolution — Thomas A. Edison Association (1921) [env. 50] Agreements with Hanlon A. Gardner - Real Estate (1921 ) [env. 53] Certificate of Dissolution — Edison International Corporation (1921) [env. moms A. EPISQH i'arm land in White Township, Y/arrei County, Hew Jersey THIS IHDEtiTUKE made day of Uaroh’ nineteen Hundred and Twent^between Thomas A. Edison, of the Tom of West Orange, in the County of Esse* and State of Hew Jersey, hereinafter designated the "lessor", and Owen Frey, of the Tomship of White, in the County of Warren and State of Mew Jersey, herein¬ after designated the "lessee", witnesseth: That the lessor, in consideration of the performance by the lessee of the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained to he kept and performed on his part, does let and rent unto the lessee all that farm and premises conveyed to John V. Miller by i the heirs and devisees of Philip Kaub, deceased, by deed dated June 8, 1917, situated in the Township of. White, in the County of Warren and State of Mew Jersey, excepting so much of said premises as may at this time,, or shall at any time during the continuance of the term hereby created be used by The Edison Portland Cement Company, and its assigns, for quarrying limestone and removing the same from the premises, and also excepting the railroad tracks, machinery, appliances and fixtures used in connection with the said quarrying and removing of limestone, and also excepting all other things that may be hereinafter reserved, for the term of^ne_ «... the First day of Dollars per .year, pay^iJL^^ th£__fij»t_^x_p..t b-'6 8 • - ° 1, 19 El. lease is made upon the following terms and conditions: 1. The lessee will pay the said rent as stipulated. 2. The lessee will till and work said farm in a good and husband-like manner to the satisfaction of the lessor. 3. The lessee will furnish all live stock, machinery, imple¬ ments and labor that may be necessary for the proper cultivation and management of said farm. 4. The lessee will, at his own expense, make ail such repairs to the fences on said premises as may be desired by the lessor,. will haul all posts and rails ana all other materials for repair¬ ing said fence, which materials are to he provided by the lessor. 5. The lessee will cut all brash and burn the same, will keep said farm clear of Canada Thistles, will keep the premises and the grounds surrounding the buildings clean, and will keep the line and partition fences clean and clear of brush. 6. The lessee will haul and spread all manure on said farm at the proper times. 7. The lessee will feed and use up oh the farm all cornstalks, straw and chaff, and will not carry away from said farm or dispose of, nor will he permit to be carried away from said farm or disposed of, any straw, cornstalks, fodder, chaff, dung, soil or compost, and for a violation of this stipulation, the lessee shall pay to the lessor the full market value of such prohibited things as have been removed or disposed of. 8. The lessee will sow at least four quarts of Timothy seed and four Quarts of clover seed per acre on land sowed to wheat and rye. 9. The lessee will leave growing on said farm when he quits, a number of acres of wheat and rye equal to the number of acres thereof that were growing on the farm when he came thereon. The said wheat and rye which the tenant leaves growing on the farm shall be the absolute property of the lessor. The wheat and rye that is growing on said farm when the lessee moves thereon, shall be the property of the lessee if he fully performs the terms of this lease. The lessee will leave as much hay and straw on said farm as he found thereon when he came into possession thereof. 10. The lessee will not out any growing trees without the permission of the lessor, except brush rows along fences. 11. The lessee will permit the lessor and his servants, work¬ men and other persons for his benefits, to enter upon the said farm and premises at all times, in order to make repairs and for all other purposes, and he will oo-operate with the lessor, his serv¬ ants, workmen and said other persons in making repairs to the said farm and premises, and for all other purposes. 12. The lessee will not purchase, or permit to he purchased anything relating to said farm, or make or permit to be made any expense in relation to said farm, on the credit of the lessor, and the lessor is not to be liable in any manner for anything done by the lessee, his servants, workmen or agents. 15. The lessee will not make any claim or demand whatsoever upon the lessor, his . employees or agents, on account of any damage or injury to the person or property of the lessee, his family, employees, servants or agents, heretofore caused or which may hereafter be caused as a result of the operations of the limestone quarries of The Edison Portland Cement Company or the working of any part thereof or property associated therewith. 14. The lessee will not assign this lease or sublet any part of said premises without the consent in writing of the lessor. 15. The lessee will .not keep more than six cows and four young cattle and the usual number of hogs, shoats, chickens and other poultry. 16. The lessor hereby reserves to The Edison Portland Cement Company and its assigns the right to use the quarries now worked by it and to open new wuarries on the premises, to use the rail¬ road tracts and sidings now on the premises, and to build new ones thereon, and to run trains and to go over the said premises at such places and at such times as The Edison Portland Cement Company, or its assigns and agents, or any of them, think proper and neces¬ sary. If in said operations. The Edison Portland Cement Company, or the lessor, or their respective agents or representatives, shall do or cause to be done to the growing crops of the lessee any damage whatever, the lessor shall make compensation for such damage to the lessee; but if they can not agree upon the amount of the damage so sustained, the lessor and the lessee shall each select an appraiser by which the damage shall be estimated or ascertain and before said two appraisers begin their estimate or ascertain ment, they shall choose an umpire who shall determine the differ enoc- between the appraisers, and the award of any two of the' t hr in writing signed by them, shall determine and settle the amount the damage to be so paid. And also, all the lands and premises now used by the said 1 sor, or his representative's, and The Edison Portland Cement Comp; or its representatives or agents, in the business of quarrying 1 stone, and the transportation of the same, and by the teams, wagi machinery, appliances and workmen in connection with such quarry and transportation, are excepted from the operations of this lea! 17. The lessor agrees that the lessee shall have the use < the shanty where the lessee now resides, and the barn and other farm outbuildings on the premises; and the lessee agrees to built a porch in front of said shanty, and to add two rooms thereto on the ground floor, all at his own expense, with the materials of the lessor now on the premises, but all the other buildings, excc lug said shanty, barn, farm outbuildings, porch and addition to \ shanty, and all the fixtures, machinery and equipment belonging t to, erected or to be erected thereon, or used or to be used there The Ecdson Portland Cement Company, shall not be- subject to this 16. The lessee, for himself, his heirs, executors and admit: •ators, in consideration of the letting unto him of the above- mtioned premises, covenants and agrees to and with the lessor, s executors, administrators or assigns, to keep and perform eac l every the above stiDulations to be by him kept and performed I„od aid ,£;„K.d aid by HBRHAH HOFFUAH, of Oxford. Hew Jerfey recent P^men H ^ rety Qokn owledged, I do hereby assign tosaid erman Hoffman my entire right, title and interest in 1 +„ he remainder of the term of the foregoing: lease dated arch 30. 1921 between Thomas A. Bdllfn^d me? said lease nhiJ1?8 8 P°r+v°? °f the Pr°P®rty known as The Raub Farm- abject, nevertheless, to the rentB, oovenant3, conditions nd provisions in said lease mentioned. patedT^May 2/^1921. I, HERiiAH HOFFMAH, of Oxford, II. J. do hereby agree ^ to ^ e r f orm ° a®s^nme“t from OflEH FREY and do hereby 11-* 6?f0rm J1! of obligations to be performed y under said lease by the lessee, including payment of rent nnfltfrinSi,Und?rBtoc"i toat the rent for t5le months of April’ Bated; MayJ/^ 1921. . . xt is hereby agreed between THOMAS A. EDISON, of West Orange, N . j. and HERMAN HOFFMAN , of Oxford N.J. that the foregoing lease, dated March 30, 1921, from t?4?!'en *5e?' said Fr®y havi°g assigned his entire right, title and interest in and to said lease to said Herman Hoffman, be and the same is hereby teT® °f one year from the first day of April, 1922, subject to all the clauses and conditions contained therein, including the rent, which is $150.00 per year, payable monthly in advance as before. Said lease covers a portion of property known as the Raub Farm. A ril 1922IMESS 0UR HAH:DS AHD SEAlS*^«rts^ir^l? day of Witnesi "PlvRf neioxipoxeea' po ppe. lea^o* ooAew.aupo* oaaqferoxvi QAflxynS g boxfroo p* pyo frxoftoxpji famn’i'ae.fipe .Kotj?. aVxm: - .r.irx* • bflirpje wonppji -jv 'o«a'i-og r:. po ooopaj ire? p;;o;,'j.TU* rn^ri^JT"^- tVp- aci:? * «p f< Ybl.Tj' T&SS* MpjGf.p "O ST.TJ V-P"'i fiJSifma ««• cxfCMiro.x;;cot pj*e fara o.t oup J.obr. y.om pju, I'O n;v.ro* 't-.GJ.WeB ;i o:r '/on: ' pc, .;it!j npG cuv/iii, r;: j;rr. cKfTj.r xr.ijf ‘ ,crpTc' ;:i;g rupcxcap j;; im It is hereby agreed between THOMAS A. EDISON of West Orange, N. J., and HERMAN HOESMAN, of Oxford, N. J., that the foregoing lease, dated Maroh 30, 1921, from Thomas A. Edison to Owen Erey, said Erey having assigned his entire right, title and interest in and to said lease to said Harman Hoffman, be and the same 1b hereby extended for the term of. one year from the first day of April, 1923, subject to all the clauses and conditions oontained therein, in- oluding the rent, whloh is $150.00 per year, payable monthly in advanoe as before. Said lease oovers a portion of property known as- the Haub farm. WITNESS OUR HANDS AND SEALS, this first day of Witne! |o»? btoAwona rnr asrrq jaoao wen^roueg* jawp^aof * noiot^gjssQ* .fo iiBfB* ooAouaapa* .oaaqx^ioss ScoAetj-nS sr Jbotfj-oo p* ffe Sxoboifi. jcnown .73 jj;o wp tjsrm: lag^emto! IflST pcfaeflU jffloaaa y- ^;rqp tmn w e&ro ;ubp« , ,''\vSs V, .;- ■ \y«Vi Vl5LTT‘ T9SS* ttIlHE25 OQH HVBSS VHD SEWS* LHDOXOM 38Tg T9BS0 OOAGI.8 8 fiOlfTW 0X fiMfeUl MPTOP TB ^TBO-OO *>«* 'W^PT? “°™* °* aeef o*<™e° ‘ Tg > T v ;o^q0^SVTet^n aHoirn t- edisoh It la hereby agreed between THOMAS A. EDISON of West Orange, N.J. and HERMAN HOFFMAN, of oxford, N.J., that the foregoing lease, dated March 30, 1921, from Thomas A. Edison to Owen prpy, said prey having assigned his entlred right, title and interest in and to said lease to said Herman Hoffman, be and the same is hereby extended for the term of one year from the first day of April, 1924, subject to all the clauses and conditions contained therein, including the rent, whioh is $150.00 per year, payable monthly in advance as before. Said lease covers a portion of property known as the Raub Farm. of April, 1924. WITNESS OUR HAND3 AND SEALS, this first day Ur. H. E. Uillor, Vioe President & Financial Executive, Ecli30n Portland Cement Co., Orange, H. J* It was necessary to have aomo repairs made to Ur. bison's property in Oxford, lmovm as the Gardner place, now oooupied by leo Collina and John UoBrido. not have lie worked _ _ carpenter from Oxford t to spare from our gang. (ft n Uny 13 Uny 14 IJay 16 Uay 17 10 hours 9 hours 10 hours A total of .... 42 hours 0 60(i por hour Making a total of $25.20. .,,,11 vou vindly have oheolc issued for this amount and mail to owenl Kd, H. J.. *o did the work, charging same to Ihoraas A. Edison aooounts? Phe work oonsisted mostly of repairing the roof, which was in poor condition and leaked very hadly, and some other repairs about the house. CASHI&H. Walter Scott Shinn April 12th, 1921, Mr, Thomas Edison Orange, N. J. My dear Mr, Edison:- I have six people in my employ who are sincere admirers of" Thomas Edison'and they have ashed me if I would allow them to have photographs of you which they may frame for their homes and I thought perhaps you would not object to autographing these prints. If 1 have asked more than you care to grant me I know you will be frank and refuse my request, buo if you do care uo ao this, X can assure you it will be appreciated by all of us, more so than I am capable of expressing in this letter. I shall be glad to have you take out one of the pictures for yourself if it meets with your approval. The same are being sent by parcel post in this mail with a convenient wrapper for their return. to, 'S-tcWn ; /tit- fieterfCeyc ^ t c ^ Z&mO « n n i- ‘•/d/y i tfv/i/ l c- -dtJc /flfoc f ft J e/c-*t j -*-t*+ney fm*- sj ,j €*Z 0re>- A At4) ZJ4 i • d,.Z SiJLe.. /-A ?«/ ;. f m. 7)'tCC l “T pL&et-n/ /eitj 1 C&kd-/ fv-' Zl t-v Jjt April IB, 1921. Mr. Walter Soott Shinn, 581 Fifth Ave., How York.H.Y. Dear Mr. Shinn: Your letter of April 12th, together with the paokage of photo¬ graphs, came to hand. Mr. Edison has autographed six of those, an you roiiuostad, and they are being returned to you. Mr. Edison liken tho photo¬ graph and wishes mo to thank you for the extra copy whioh you kindly presented to him. Ho doniros mo to ask you how you would foel about allowing him and hie Companion hero at Orango to uso thin photograph in some of our advertising. Will "you kindly drop him a line about this? Yours vory truly. Assistant to Mr. iidis on. Walter Scott Shinn April 20th, 1921. Hr, Thomas Edison Orange, IT. J. Dsar Ur. Edison Your letter of April 18th was received, also the six autographed prints. Erame s are being made for each print and in a few days they will he distributed to sincere admirers, in my employ, of Thomas A. Edison. Hr. Edison is welcomed to use that plate for advertising. It would help me if X am given credit for it in publications. In a day or so X shall mail (with my comoliments) some gloss prints from three negatives which I took of Hr. Edison. The gloss print is more acceptable for reproduction work. With thanks again, I am, Sincerely yours, __ „ Hat Walter Scott Shinn Photographer of Children Hay 5th, 1921. Mr, W. H. Keadov/croft Orange, H. J. My dear Mr. Headowcrpft:- Your letter of May 2nd Ip 'before rne and the promised gloss pictures of Mr. Edison had been mailed before this letter was received. I hope they have not gone astray, however, if you have not received them by the time you receive this letter, you might drop me another note. Y/hen you send a finished picture to the papers for reproduction, in most cases the picture is returned or damaged so it cannot be Used again and aside from that, the gloss pictures I have sent you make better reproductions for general newspaper work, I noted with pleasure what you .said in regard to send the photograph to Mrs. Edison. At the time 1 took that picture of Mr, Edison I also took some photographs of Mrs. Sloane with the two children and sent a full set of oroofs to Mrs, Edison, I understood she was lileased with them and wanted to order some for her personal use hut I presume it was put off and has never been done.- I am sending you under seperate cover a eet of proofo of all the negatives which X have in file and perhaps you might be able to find out from TTr. Edison if he would like some of them finished. X believe Mrs. Edison has a full set of proofs at her house now. Will ^ you kindly drop me a note about this after Mr. Edison sees the proofs as X am not sure whether he has seen them or not. Hay 80, 1981. Hr. tfaltor Scott Shinn, 681 Fifth ays. , Haw York 3ity. My clear Mr. Shinn: Confirming our talaphcno ccnvoraation this morning I am returning to you herewith the proofs you sent me a 'vault or two n'O. You will see attached to Ho. 1813-6 Hr. Edison's note asking me to order six of those, which T will ask you to kindly ffjifiih up ana forward to me, addressed Vf.H.KaadoworofW Edison Laboratory, Orange, N.J. in duo course. It is too had that tha glossy prints of the piature Hr. Edison likes have miscarried in the mailB. The fact is, however, that I have never received them. I understand you are going to send me three or four more within a few days. You may send me a -bill for those also but thihhis case please make it a separate bill. Hr. Edison is greatly pleased that you have consented to allow him to use this photograph for our advertising and also to reproduce some copies in our own place here for the purpose of giving them to friends requesting them. You may rest assure that no oopies will over be sold, under any circumstances. We shall also print at tha bottom of each' photograph, whether used for advertising or for giving away "Photograph hy Walter 8oott Shinn, Hew York City." With renewed thanks for your oourtesy I remain. Sincerely yours. Assistant to Mr. Edison. Walter Scott Shinn Photographer of Chilorei May 21st, 1921. Mr. Meadowcroft Edison laboratory Orange, N. J. My dear Mr. Meadowcroft I received your letter this morning, also the proofs which you return ^ have recorded the order accordingly which will be sent to you in about a week. X am mailing you today by parcel post, insured, some gloss prints which you speak of in your letter as the first shipment was not received. X would prefer not to bill you for these few gloss prints if you will accept them with my compliments. I note what you say in your letter about making reproductions of this negative for the em¬ ployees and friends of Mr. Edison. I realize h Mr. Edison must have a great many demands for Phonographs Md I would suggest, that instead of Giving a reproduction of the picture which X am sending you, which would be auite inferior to a print from the original negative, that perhaps MT. Edison might be interested in a very low rate for a quantity of prints which he could give out. I could give him a rate of $60. a hundred for black and white pictures, also . ®iT® him the same picture on the same paper we use for the finished product in Sepia tone for $75. a ^nished™1 print would be in every way as good as our finished, product with the exception that it would be and with a small white border same as the gloss Pictures I am sending and there would be no chance of thiB print fading. I could also make a reduction rate for a life size portrait of Mr. Edison in case you will like same to be hung in an office. I just mention this as a suggestion as many timeB these thoughts come up but theprice sounds prohibitive, and we. have in a great many instances been able to finish ®"°^ortraits and delivered them framed and ready to be hung at a very low rate and very acceptable to large commercial ep^erprises^, Sincerely yours, May 23, 1921. Mr. Walter Soott Shinn, 581 Fifth Avenue , Hew York, H-X- My dear Mr. Shinn: In order to make your mind easy I am just writing to acknowledge receipt of the three glossy prints of the pioture of Mr. Edison. These arrived safely this morning, and I thank you for them. It is very kind of you to let us have these without charge, and we will gladly aooept them with your compliments and ask you to accept our expression of appreciation for them. . Ur. Edison was down to the laboratory foir a short time this morning but he‘ was so busy that He did not get an opportunity to show him your letter and ask him what he thought of the proposition to have you make some oopies for us at $60.00 or $76.00 per hundred. He will probably be down to-morrow and I will then bring the matter to his attention. In the quotation of $60.00 par hundred, 1b this for mounted or unmounted prints? Your remarks in regard to a reduction rate for a Ilfs size portrait of Mr. Edison are noted and will be given o onsi deration. Yours very truly. Assistant to Ur. Edison. Kay 26, 1921. Ur. Walter Soott Shinn, 501 Fifth Avenue, flew York City.. Uy dear Ur. Shinn: Heforring once more to your letter of Kay 23rd, you have quoted a price of 575-00 per hundred for oopioa of Mr. Edison' s portrait in Sepia tone. You say that this prioe would be for unmounted pictures". Will you kindly telephone me in tho morning ana give your prioe for mounted photoa par hundred., . . . When Mr. , Edison give's away a photograph he 'almost always autographs it, so the mount would have to >be of suoh . texture ana finish that he oould write upon -it with spen and ink. lours very truly. Assistant to Ur. Edison. know AIL MEM BY THESE PRESENTS that X, THOMAS A. EDISON, of the Town of West Orange, In the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, do hereby make, constitute and appoint Charles Edison of the Town of West Orange, County of Essex and State of New Jersey, my true and lawful attorney, for me and in my name to make, execute , .acknowledge and deliver good and sufficient leases and lease agreements relating to the letting of apartments in the building known as No. 10 Fifth Avenue, New York, New York, to accept sur¬ renders of such leases and lease agreements, and to collect and receive all rentB for such apartments and all sums of money due or to become due under said leases and lease agree-j ments and to give receipts therefor; for me and in my name to do any act or acts and make and execute any and all con¬ tracts relating to repairs and alterations of said building and the apartments therein; for me and in my name to commence and prosecute any suits, or actions, or other legal proceedings relating to, arising out of or in connection with the letting of said apartments and the repairs and alterations of said building; and for me and in my name to appear, make answer and defend all aotions and suits which hereafter shall be commenced against me and relating to, arising out of or in connection with the letting of said apartments and the repairs and alterations of said building. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I hereunto set my hand and seal this HJ* day of , in the year One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-One. _ solution the ...Bsooii CERTIFICATE OP COHSEHT TO THE DIS30LUTIOH OP THOUAS A. EDI30H ASSOCIATION WHEREAS, at a regular meeting of ThomaB A. Edison Isaooiatlon heia on Tuesday, Ootober 11, 1921 at 8:30 p.m. t the Edison Laboratory, West Orange, Hew Jersey, and alBO uly oalled to oonslder the question of dissolving said orporation, the following resolutions were adopted: "RESOLVED, That it is deemed advisable by and most for the benefit of Thomas A. Edison Association that the same should be dissolved. "RESOLVED, That a speolal meeting of Thomas A. Edison Association be held on Tuesday, Hovember 15, 1921 at 6 o'olook in the afternoon, at Edison Laboratory, Valley Road and Lakeside Avenue, West Orange, H. J. , to take action on the aforesaid resolution, and that the Recording Secretary give notice of said special meeting. and of the adoption of the aforesaid resolution ^ within ten (10) dayB from this date by publishing the said resolution with a notioe of its adoption in the "Orange Advertiser", a newspaper published in Orange, Hew Jersey, and circulated in Essex County, for at leaBt four weeks suc¬ cessively, onoe a week, next preceding I the time appointed for Buoh speolal meeting, and by mailing a written or printed copy of same to each member of the corporation residing in the United j States." | AHD, WHEREAS, printed notioe of the adoption of jthe aforesaid resolution, "Resolved, that it 1b deemed adviB- lable by and most for the benefit of Thomas A. Edison Associa¬ tion that the same should be dissolved", and of the special nesting oalled to take action thereon, was given as required by law to each and every member of the said corporation residing in the United States; r AHD, WHEREAS, said speolal meeting was duly held by the said corporation on Hovember 16, 1921, and at such apaclal meeting more than two-thirds of all the members then present aid consent thnt such dissolution should take plaoe and did vote in favor of and adopt the following preamble and jresolutlon expressive of their consent to such dissolution: "Whereas, a Bpeoial meeting of Thomas A. Edison Association was duly called for this-~fi'fteen,th^day of November, Nineteen Hundred end Twenty-One, to take action upon the following resolution duly adopted at a meeting of said corporation held on Ootober eleventh. Nineteen Hundred and Twenty-One: 'RESOLVED, That it is deemed advisable by and most for the benefit of Thomas A. Edison Association that the same should be dissolved1; ■ NOW, THEREFORE, Resolved, That it is the sense of this meeting that it 1b deemed advisable by and most for the benefit of Thomas A. Edison Assooiation that the same should he dissolved os proposed by said resolu¬ tion adopted Ootober 11. 1921. and wo do Hereby consent that suoh dissolution of the same shall take plaoe forthwith and do direct the Recording Secretary to file a certificate of said dissolution duly attested by him in the offloe of the Seoretary of State of Hew Jersey." I NOW, THEREFORE, we, the undersigned, being more than two-thirds of all the members of ThoraaB A. Edison Association who were present at the said special meeting of November 15, 1921, have oonBonted and do hereby oonaent to the adoption of the above stated resolution and that the said Thomas A. EdlBon Assooiation be forthwith dissolved as proposed by said resolution* Ifi WET HESS WHSRBOtf, v?e have hereunto set our hands and aealB this 15th day of Hovember, 1981. ( ssnd ) ( sgnd ) Lewis liUeaer John V. Miller _ L. ( sand ) Clarence B. Hayes _ L. ( sgnd ) H. A. Altengarten 1. ( sgnd ) Wm.H.Ueudowcrof t 1. ( sgnd ) Yl. Hildebrand 1. ( sgnd ) B. R. Berry L. ( sgnd ) J. M. Ho a gland _ L. ( sgnd ) Paul J. Buttles _ L. ( sgnd ) Joseph V/ilson _ 1. ( sgnd ) R. R. Earch _ L. ( sgnd ) S. Brown _ It. ( sgnd ) William A. Hardy _ L. ( 3gnd ) R. . Eellow _ L, Signed, Sealed and Delivered In the Presenoe of: ( sgnd ) W. J. tlcVey _ _ _ Recording Seoy. Attest: ( seal of Thomas A. Edison Assn. ) (lOf ( Revenue stamp) TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, GREETING : WHEREAS, it appears to ny satisfaction, by duly authenticated record of the proceedings for the volun¬ tary dissolution thereof, by the consent of two-thirds of all the members then present, that THE THOMAS A. EDISON ASSO¬ CIATION, a corporation of this State, has complied with all the requirements of "An Act to incorporate associations not for pecuniary profit, " approved April 21, 1898, preliminary to the issuing of this Certificate of Dissolution, NOW THEREFORE, I, THOMAS F. MARTIN, Secretary of State of the State of New Jersey, DO HEREBY CERTIFY, That the said corporation did, on the seventh day of Deoember, A. D., 1921, file in my office a duly exeouted and attested consent in writing to the dissolution of said corporation, which said consent, and the record of the proceedings aforesaid, are now on file in iiy said office as provided by law. •IN TESTIMONY WHEREOF, I have here¬ to set my hand and affixed ny Offioial Seal, at Trenton> this • seventh day of Deoember, A.D., SECRETARY OF STATE. January 27, 1922. Mr. J. V. Miller, - X am sending you herewith original Certificate of Dissolution of Thomas A. Edison Association', copies of the papers which were filed with the Secretary of State to effect the dissolution and a copy of the proof of publica¬ tion of the certificate of dissolution. The proof of pub¬ lication of the certificate of dissolution was filed with the Secretary of State on Jan. 13, 1922, and the Association may be considered dissolved as of this date. The fact of the dissolution should be noted in the minute book and the. attached papers filed in their . proper place. I understand that the business and affairs of the Association have been completely settled and adjusted, >ut if any further steps are or should become necessary to adjust the affairs of the Association, the trustees may take such steps. Kindly acknowledge receipt of the attached papers. ' Enos. WAH-K Articles of Agreement, day of August in the year of Our Lord One Thousand Nine Hundred and Twenty-One Between HAHIiOH GARDNER and &•*.-<£ AV, GARDNER, his wife, of 310 Church Street, Haokettstown, New Jersey, THOMAS A. EDISON n Comity of Pitml Part; West Orange in the County of New Jersey of the Second Part; Ptneetfeti), That the said party of the first part, for and in consideration of the sum of Four Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) to be paid and satisfied as hereinafter mentioned, and also in consideration of the covenants and agreements hereinafter mentioned, made and entered into by the said party of the second part, doth agree to and with the said party of the second part, that the said party of the first part, will well and sufficiently convey to the said party of the second part, his heirs and assigns, by Deed of Warranty, . free from all encumbrance Town Essex next ensuing th date hereinafter particularly and State of New Jersey. on or before the ' f day of hereof, oK those lot s, tract s , or parcels , of land at described, situate, lying and being in the l in the County of Warren j Being the premises described in two certain debts' of conveyance made to the , said Hanlon Gardner, the one by George E. Hochgiesang recorded in Warren County Clerk's office in book 153, page 547 and the other convoyed to the said Hanlon Gardner by the heiro-at-law af John Zulauf, deceased recorded Clerk's office in book 183 of decdB, pages 169 Sc, containing in the whole about four acres of land. Said promises being in the occupation of as tenant; notice will be given to said tenant will be given bh6ore September 1, 1921 to give up possession of1 the 3aid premises on October 1, 1921, *y wnlcn last ^mentioned jiay possession of the s*i d premises will be given to the purchasei^upon compliance with~the "conditions of this agreement. The pne»i?oo “i"-” *■ ss -» *> *“• , said land and premises including about four acres of land, two dwelling houses, one barn, three-springs, apple orchard, Bpring at itU- la'rge house, out buildings, etc.' mineral rights in said land being owned by Empire Steel & Iron Company, subject to an agreement by said Empire Steel & Iron Company to pay all damages to surface if mining is ever carried on. The party of the first part represents that there are no leases except monthly tenancies. , the said Thomas A. Edison, . for himself, his heirs, executors and administrators, doth covenant, promise and agree to arid with the said party of the first part, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, that ho , the said party of the second part, will pay and satisfy or came to be paid and satisfied, unto the said party of the first part the said sum of Pour Thousand Dollars ($4,000.00) as and for the purchase money of the foregoing described land and premises, in the following manner, that is to say: Five Hundred Dollars ($600.00) in cash when deed is deliver pit,<~rT. witnesseth that, in consideration of the mutual agreements hereinafter named, the parties hereby agree as follows: 1. Mr. Stevens is to. be -paid $76.00 per week with guarantee of one setting (3 hours) trio recording at $15.00 per setting each week, making a minimum Balary of $90.00 per week. 2. Under terms of this contract, Mr. StevenB will record minimum of one piano tune and one trio tune each week - after trio is organized, and providing selections, passed by Hr. Edison, are available for recording. 3. Mr. Edison reserves the privilege to terminate this contract at any time by making Cash Payment to Mr. Stevens of eight (8) weeks salary - Seven Hundred and Twenty Dollars ($720.00) 4. Mr. Edison reserves the right to renew this contract when it expires, if he so desires, at an increase of 10?S of guaranteed salary. 5. This Contract to be effective November 6,. 1922 and good for one year, unless sooner terminated as above. 6. Mr. Stevens shall use his best endeavors to produce the best results and to compose, rearrange and add additional parts to each tune if requested. Witness (signed) Ernest D. Stevens- signed N S Folsom Thomas A. Edison, Inc. by Thos. A. Edison President Seal ThlB Contract, entered into this twenty-fifth day of January. 1923. by and between Thomas A. Edison. Ino., of Orange. H.J. and frank A. Earls, of Newark. H.J.. witnesseth that, in oonsidaration of the mutual agreements hereinafter named, the. parties hereby agree as follows: 1 Mr. Paris is to be paid §36.00 per week with X’ SrSo of one se?ting5( 3 hours) trio re¬ lording at §16.00 per setting eaoh week, mak¬ ing a minimum salary of §60.00 per week. 2. under terms of this Oontrao t ®. Pari a will reoord mlnimom of one trio tune providing aeloationa, passed by Mr. Edison, are available for reoording. « Hr. Edison reserves the privilege to terminate this Contrast at any time by tasking pay- ment to Mr. Baris of four (4) weeks salary Two hundred dollars. (§800.00) а. Hr. Edison reserves the right to renew thiB 4* oontrao t when it expires if he desires, at . .an.imxQaao- of .10,£. of. .guaranteed salary. - б. This Contract to be effective January 86th, 1923 and good for one year,- unlesa terminated soonor as abovo/ 6. Hr. Paris shall use his host endeavors ^pro¬ duce the boat results and to compose, and add additional parts to eaoh tune if reques¬ ted. 7. It ia understood that Hr. Baris atoll observe tha following working hours namely 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. (with one hour for lunoh, Saturdays 9 a.m. to noon. WIT HESS: H.S.golaom Thomas A. Edison, Ino. Attest: J.W. Robinson, Seoy. COPY FVle Vie ZvsrtJUKeu. 'ynXtc February 14, 1923. Mr. Charles Murray, 28 So. Burnett St., E. Orange, H.J. Bear Sir: X will employ you to assist in trio work in my studio here, - at the rate of thirty-five dollars a week. I also guarantee you one sitting per week, for which I will pay you fifteen dollars, whiah, with the thirty-five dollars above mentioned, will make a guaranteed salary of fifty dollars a week. You are also to play the Saxaphone if requested. The hours to be from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. (with one hour for lunoh) and Saturday from 9 to 12 noon This engagement to oommenoo February 6th, 1923 and to be terminable ons one weeks notioe. Yours very truly, Thomas A Edison. Laboratory January 30, 1922 Mr. Woodfin: On and after February 1, 1922, The Edison Shop. In E, Orange will allow the outside salesmen 30$ on all sales of records and machines, based on oost to the dealer, from which $30,00 per week is deducted from the commission. All commission over and above the $30*00 per week will be paid from the collection of money received until the commission is paid. As an illustration: An outside man sells a Chippendale per week; also 12 records: Costs Edison Shop $177. ii " " .90 per record it n n 10.80 per 12 records 39# on $177 is $53.10 30% on 10.80 is 3.24 Total... . . 56.34 Deduot $30 . . 30.00 Commission . .$26,35 Ford maohine and supplies furnished by Orange Shop. No other expense allowed. T. A. EDISON r@ Laboratory February 4* 1922 Where maohines have been pnt in and no sale made and this ia on the index of the Home Service Club, then if the party comes to the Edison Shop, Orange, within six months from the time it was put in and buys it, and the men are still with us, they are to be oredited with the sale and are to put the machine in and'make collections. If not with us they do not get credit. I. A. EDISOH laboratory. February 27, 1922. Mr. Woodfin: On first of Maroh the Edison Shop will get 45$ off on phonographs and the Commission to outaida man in Orange will be 40$ on the oost of the machine to the Edison Shop instead of 30$ at the present time. Berms of payment to the Agent will be the same as now. THOMAS A. El) IS OH laboratory. February 27, 1922. Ur. Woodfin: You may offer Hepplewhites for Rental on basis of $5 per month; the whole of the rental for one year oan be applied to the purchase of a Sheraton or Chippendale. I want to try this experiment. The Agent will receive 20* of the rental and collects it, but if sale is made while Agent is with ub at tha place of sale, this 20* is to be deducted from his Commission on the sale of the larger machine. T. A. EDISOH THOMAS At EDI SOU LABORATORY From, J. Y. Miller Memo # 3 Io» Mr. Thomas A. Edison February 28, 1922 Be: Experimental Phono. Sales Campaign Payment of Salesmen's Recompense. Our understanding of the present regulations covering recompense to your "salesmen" according to the memos you have so far issued is as follows: Each salesman, in the Oranges or outside of the Oranges, is guaranteed a weekly recompense of $30.00 per week and in addition, those working outside of the Oranges, are guaranteed their expenBeB. These guaranteed amounts will be paid through the pay¬ roll or funds of the Laboratory and billed to the Edison Shop, East Orange or elsewhere for those working outside of the Oranges, as later directed. This $30.00 is to be considered as part of the commission the salesman earns and shall be allowed for by the Edison Shop, East Orange or other party, in paying the commission. We, the Edison Laboratory, are not further responsible for the recompense or commission beyond this $30.00 per week - the balance being handled directly and solely by the Edison Shop or other dealer. Furthermore, we understand that these $30.00 payments which are to be repaid by the Edison Shop, East Orange, will cover the period beginning January 30th, 1922. If this understanding is oorreot will you kindly initial your approval below ? S«stfT Laboratory, Ha Nh 6.192* 1 bailor* that tha sal* of Eeppelwhlt# models could be atlnulated considerably ff."* sayemts required of perdhasera, On original price of ths E*pp*lrhlt» can 1167.60 payable aa follow* *18.00 down and* in.no per month for ajaironhoately 14 Months. She price of the Happalahite has Jest bean lowered to *148.00. Since you hare authorised the renting of Hen*WHtes for 68.00 and *8.80 per north aocordlag to the two plans nrerlouBly outlined, I bellere that we could well afford to sell Heppelahltea for *10.00 down sad *6.00 per nanth until the foil psynwt la Bade. Shis would fiffirei *10.00 doen pagwnt wltt the delivery of the phonograph and *8.00 per month for *7 Voodfln. March 6,1922 Woodfln, ^ yoa ara authorised to soil the Eeppelehlte *10.00 down and *8.00 per nenth. UdlBon Shop March 7» 1922 Date of issue Vioo President and Financial Exoautlve Mr. J.YJ. Kobinson, Genaral Saorotury Solec Plana Dear Mr. Uoblnsont Supplementing Financial Memorandum Mo. */6l6 in wliioh you are authorized to prooeed vith the bonding of Mr. Y.oodfin's men who mako oolleotiona and alno the auditing between too Edison Shop and Mr. Woodfln's department, X an in rooolpt of the following two memorandums whloh bear on the subjects "Ur. Maudlins You may offer Heppolwhites for rental on baois of $5.00 per month; the wholo of the rental for one year oan be applied to the purchase of a Sheraton or Chippendale. I want to try thiB exporimont. The Agent will reoeive 20/, of the rental and collects it, but if sale is made while Agont is with us at the plaao of sule, this 20$ is to be deduotod from his Commission on the sela of the larger maohlne. Thomas A. Edison" "Mr. Woodfln t On firBt of Maroh the Edison Shop will got 45$ off on Phonographs and the oommission to outside son in Orange will be 40$ on the cost of the maohlne to the Edison Shop Instead of 30$ at the present time. Terms of paymant to the Agont will be the sane as II. F. Miller A J.V .Miller 0M Hun lon.1 Phonograph Business. 3, ». Robinson, General Seorotnry. j H. Boar man, Manager. Fire Protection & meuranoe J sorvioo Department. «. Bonding Men engaged in new phonograph sales plana. '"““OTTirwsz Bear Hr. Boarraani i have not roooived .directly, complete Information on ti™ new V*UlUar Mr. Karoh, and yourself, 1 gather 1. That a large number of salesmen new plana §> You will notify the departments' handling the aooounte of the salesmen, of salsa an^o^fcder tile- jifOvlE ions of thle memorandum. m i< '• - • The laboratory June 20, 1922. Hr, Wood fin. You may offer to Jobbers, who are trying out our sales plans ( Edison Hone aervloe Clubs — Canrasslng Method of Selling Phonographs ) the following rental propositions on reoorde and phonographs j Edison Hone Serrice Club Reoord Sete- Hentnl prioe per set ( 20 records ) per month - $ 1.00 Demonstrating phonographs ( Chippendales ) Rental price of I Chippendale, perbtaonth - $ 3,50 Deononstra ting Reoord Sets ( Aooompanying Demonstrating phonos ) Rental Prioe of 1 set ( 40 reoorde ) per month - $ 2.00 The rental propositions on reoord sets do not inolnde reoord replacements whioh nay beoome neoeBsary on aooount of reoords in the sets becoming danaged from misuse. Replaced or eubstltuted reoords in the sets will he oharged to. Jobbers at their own expense. Bis rental proposition on phonographs doenotot Include any repairs or upkeep on phonographs while they are being used for demonstrating purposes. - - Copy* J.T. Hiller and file. Don't urge jobbers to rent Chip, demonstrating machines but when they object to furnishing enough them¬ selves make the offer, a 3 <^\ Hovsnber 14, 1922, 3 ALBS laCPBR BJiSHTAL Dfl1!., TEB LABQBATOUYi ttunnraedlng similar notloe dated aeptmfcer 12,. in aooordanoe with Hr. aUeon's authorisation, the following terns and cohesions “verCTr* of salesmen in the Sale. E*perta*tal E^artwent will he effective ae of November 15, 1982. Chippendale Upright $295.00 296.00 295.00 325.00 295.00 360.00 350.00 375.00 $25.00 25.00 S5.00 175.00 245.00 145.00 31.00 25.00 60.00 60.00 67.00 14.00 19.00 23.00 13.00 $11.25 11.25 11.25 12.26 11.25 12.50 12.60 13.25 7.75 6.60 $53.00 “3.00 53.00 58.00 53.00 63.00 63.00 68.00 35.00 30.00 43.00 24.00 William & Mary Upright n it n Console Louix XIV Upright Sheraton inlay Upright Italian Umbrian Console XVIII century Adam Console Sheraton Upright Baty Console jaoobean Upright Heppelwhite Upright A flat rate of 19^ ocmmiesion will be allowed salesman on all salea^of the following^ oommies ion to aooxue, on aaS amount of sale turned in, in each case. 1. Repossessed phonographs rtion resold. 2. Second hand Ittisona aooejted in trade. 3. Second hand taUtlng machines accepted in trade. 4. Damaged or defective phonographs, not usad. 5. Records and Attaohaaits. The abovs Bodies on sales whore all cash is seoured. Where terms compre¬ hend payment in 90 days^faale is made on the installment basis, a deduction of $3.00 la made to oover collections. Salesmen will consider the above stipulated payment as the minimum apply¬ ing on each type of phonograph. As soon as the amount paid in on a sale equals or exceeds the sum of the minimum flretth^p^mts. the .SUn-s omnmleelon shall bscoma dua. Where sales of new phonographs are for ^cash, salesmen will receive their regular commission, pins a bonus of $3.00 per phono gnsp . She live salesman, while not personally rosponelble for collections, will nevertheless, hasp posted as to the way hie watomer meote payments. Manager Sal es ^pfeimental Dept. gg,, Messrs. Chari ss Biison, J. V. ittller. Philips, a yea. Wilson, Smith end Vile. fM I TMlson Recitals and Edi* on-service Clubs days in following months sets of the succeeding Supplements will The Edison Service Cluhs are designed to give instrnnent owners an oppor¬ tunity of hearing the best of the catalog HE-^ATIOTS in tteir ^ -rin -ha nwraulrsd in niubs of ten, and each owner will he given a sea i _ .* different HE -CHEAT IONS eaoh month, to he retained two days before being P=- to the next owner in the same Club. The HE-CHEAHOKS in the Hecital f nominal rfntS.toarnMsrinterestedrinf^ticular 3E-0EEATI OKS will 138 e^direo^to1 tte °rderS as usual* by the jobber* these plansfey^t°SyaacLv^Uon ttetjte^ew^dison srrftSJK rder^gf/^or^oi e f f ictent^o-oper ation^ith1 the &£££ «* tte benefit of yourself and yonr Edison owners. ST.m »=i £* »«».. . — "»« * »” Clubs. of Edison Betical3 1. you will be notified by the laboratories of the date when the set of HE-CHSaTIONS for the month will arrive. 2. you will immediately send postcard invitations to omen to attend your Recitals, specifying the day and time. S. When the set arrives, acknowledge its receipt by postcard to Orange. Give its number, and- the date • you receive it. 4. Hold your Recitals, having as many as possible in thn afternoon and evening to reduce to a minimum the time you retain the set. 5. Immediately after your last Recital, ship the set t dealer whose name and address will b“ • *WVI s A vot Laboratories. 6. Notify the laboratories by postcard, at the sans ' tine, i set number, the address to which. it was sent, the d^e-^d^ number of days it was retained. Hays are 24 hours or less, .Sun-aj not being counted as days.; This notice is important to .regul-te the rental charge of $1.00 per day for each Recital set. 3 furnished you by the d as interesting social events for your guests as . possible. Jte t.nir^^ ^ ra&ss sw t looked forward to as one of the most distinctive explain that the Recitals enable your £ by your competitors. V7 give a short description . or setting, i - - - ich they are featured. Orange. subordinated to that of service. If your service is good, increased HE-OHEATI Oil and instrument sales ^ note It is advisable merely to provide order blanks on which HsoiW olosa the selections they want, and attention to these blanks can be calle of the Recital. The organizer will assist you to arrange the r Clubs on the wheel. A schedule for each owner on which he should call for the first six mont Upon receipt of this notification,- send postcards to Omsr Jo. 1 in each of" your Clubs to call at your store in the afternoon of tin nearest Club day (Monday, V/ednesday, and Eriday, following tin day named. • • r/hen the sets arrive, acknowledge their receipt by the postcard provided* noting the numbers and the date* sending it to the Laboratories. Give one' set to dach Owner No. 1, impressing on him the necessity of its being returned to you during the morning of the following Club day. On the sane day, notify all Owners No. 2 in the various Clubs to call for their sets during the afternoon of the following Club day. , • continue (5) and (6) during the month until all owners in all Clubs have had the set assigned to their Club, giving the sets to Owners No. 3, for instance, in .the afternoon of the third Club day and notifying Owners Ho. 4 to call the following Club day. • .■ Two days before the end of the month each set will have completed a tour of one Club. Ship the set which has boen circulating in y oar last Cltib immediately to the next Edison dealer, whose name will be furnished by the laboratories, ’.love np the other sets one Club. At this time you will receive a new set, whioh will be assigned to your first Club ■ vo’jr Clubs before being shipped tc . _ _ _ i niri einff the Lal)C *»!„, «n « ™uw » >«« *» »!“• “« w three representatives of the Laboratories. x. » — .in “'““‘“xSlS' — »5 ' ■ . ^!1*i,s^.V(St»5LiHss;“'ys5S and their addresses, ip4 y°F; 1 cannot accomodate the z xr&'sssi «««■■ **. *“ for a suitable place. • 2. The organizer will help you in the “^“^hyo^to'caU^a;6 3; Tha rocital man will follow shortly, after notification of the exact date of his arrival has been sent you, to assist in the running of your first Recital. Upon receipt of this notice, send your invitations imiediately, and have things in readiness for Recitals and Clubs. He will then arrive on schedule and by actual demonstration you will leam the method which you will ur<- in ' auoocc din - months. General Instructions 1. Upon receipt of all sets of RE-CREATIONS, investigate and test their condition. They were in the best possible shape when they left the laboratories, but being exposed to many kinds of treat¬ ment some damage may have been done. If you discover a HE-CHEATION that would not represent Edison quality fairly, remove it from the set, make a note of 'the HE-CKE.VTIQiT and set numbers, and send it special delivery to the laboratories, by which it will be replaced. The set will go out on schedule cr be used for Recitals, and you will complete it when the new Hn-CHEATICW reaches you. 2. All shipments of sets of EE-CHEATIOHS must be made in the original boxes and coverings. All HE-OHHATIGNS must be kept in the original sets, and no changes nude except as under (1). 3. As these plans are designed to acquaint your owners with the present high quality of Edison HE-CHEATI CKS , orders for duplicates should be sent directly to the Laboratories, who will promptly ship you only tested RE-CHE ATI QNS of the same standard as the original sets. You will he billed for them as usual through your jobber.. 4. All shipments to the next Edison dealer must be made by special delivery parcel post, with a 5 cent insurance stamp affixed. This is for the mutual protection of all dealers. 5. Receipts and shipments of sets of HE-CHEATIOTS must be advised immediately to the Laboratories on the poetcards provided for the purpose. Full identifying particulars (numbers of sots) and the days or months they were in your possession must be noted. 6. You are expected to fill out the supplied Kcnthly Report each month and send it to the Laboratories, so that the exact returns to you from these plans. can be ascertained. Hr. Thomas A. Edison personally, and the Edison Laboratories, are enthusiastically interested in these plans to extend to you and your Edison owners the benefits which have come from them wherever tried. You are urged to consult the Laboratories as frequently as you like about any point connected with them. With your best efforts, and ours, the Edison Reticals and the Edison Service Clubs will be an unusual Bucoess, ASSIGNMENT WHEREAS I, ROSCOE J. SMITH, a citizen of the Unitea States and a resident of East Orange, in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, have made a certain new and useful Invention in STORAGE BATTERY CELLS AND THE OPERATION THEREOF, for which I am about to apply for Letters Patent of the United States, application papers therefor having been executed by me on even date herewith; and WHEREAS, THOMAS A. EDISON, a citizen of the United States ana a resident of Llewellyn Park, '.Vest Orange, Essex County, New Jersey, U.S.A. , desires to acquire the entire right, title and interest which I now have or may have in and to the aforesaid invention in any and all countries foreign to the United States, and in and to any and all applications which may be filed thereon and any and all Letters Patent which may be granted therefor in any and all countries foreign to the United States; UOVJ, THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of One Dollar and of other good and valuable considerations, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, I have assigned, transferred and set over und by these presents do assign, transfer and set over unto said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, the entire right, title and interest in and to any and all letters Patent of any and all coun¬ tries of the world foreign to the United states which may be granted therefor, and in and to any and all reissues and extensions of any and all of said Letters Patent, and all title und rights of whatever sort in and to the said invention in all countries foreign to the United States, including the right to file applications for Letters Patent therefor in all countries foreign to the United States, in the name of Thomas A. Edison or otherwise, in the manner appropriate to each such country foreign to the United States, all of the same to he held and enjoyed hy said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, to the full end of the term or terms for which said Letters Patent are or may be granted, reissued or extended, as fully and entirely as the same would have been held and enjoyed by me if this assignment had not been made. I hereby authorize and request the Commissioner of Patents of the Dominion of Canada to issue any and all Letters Patent of the Dominion of Canada which may be granted for the said invention, to said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, in accordance with this assignment, and I hereby covenant that I have full riirht to convey the interest herein assigned and that I have not executed and will not execute any agreement in conflict herewith. I hereby expressly covenant and agree that 'when¬ ever said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns or other legal representatives, advise me that other or further papers are necessary to be executed by me for perfecting the title of said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, in and to the aforesaid rights in the said invention, or in and to any Letters patent of any country foreign to the United States for the said 2 invention, and in and to any and all reiaaues and exten- aiona thereof, or that any auoh reiaauea or extenaions are desirable and lawful, I will sign all papers, take all rightful oaths and do all necessary acta for perfecting the said title and for procuring such reissues or exten¬ sions. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, I have hereunto signed my name at 'West Orange, New Jersey, thise*. A^^"day of January, 1932. State of Hew Jersey ) County of Esse’x ) On this Xf day January, 1922, before me personally appeared ROSCOE J. SMITH, to me personally known and known by me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing assignment, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same a3 and for the purposes therein set forth. ifi- (Px)s£c<^/v3 rO^~~dcUcu /)'<&*: ‘cC^ewr - /f 6> fi.C&zo 0X.0 APR.1RACT13 AT Olif.UCZ XtAflORA'JOHy >» Artlole Clttj ^ (M) Early chalk loud apaaklng telephone in noodkn box. hade end need at Menlo Pork. ^ ^ <3 (H) Old ateel rolls for rolling out platinum wire to mn V b lamp filament clamps. Made and used at Menlo Park. Quy a (0) Shreo shelves oontaining a number of Edison oarbon transmitters, telephone receivers of different types including a "Pong” und a "Grown" receiver. Praotieelly nil from Uonlo Park. Cit y 3 iv) Binocular instrument made of brass, a refinement of "a” bolow mentioned - Made by Bean at Menlo Sark, #2t/p 3 («) Original "Black Box" by which the oxtotonoe of wireless waves wbb firBt noted by Edison in 1878, who mentioned the phenomenon under the name of "ethorlo forao". J2 ■ &**■*-*- dUfoL' t^vt /?*+*.* V,,,^ j - C^tk-Cr ♦ ^ 4/hr-*r>- lL.^*se,/ct^C M^-C. /a^Zcl^ OLD APPARATUS AT Q1UI1GH LABORATORY in Vault Ho. B - May IX. lggg Box Ho. dZtty 43 29 Two uota (6 Jars eaoh) Leyden jars In polished mahogany boxeB, in good condition. Pblishod mahogany base for measuring reBistanoe of oarbon buttons under varying proauuroa, using weights of 10, SB, SO, 100 grems. Polished mahogany base with flat braes strip for raouaurlng roalBtonoo of oarbon stripe, with separate hondl o to take off reading at different lengths. Ooon mahogany model of Bloke typo telephone transmitter, with raioa diaphragm and lnduotion ooil. All In gf)oA oondition. Pour Oold and Stook printing telegraph maohinss - good condition. One largo oot agonal polished me^ogony hex - need with printing telograph - good oondition. Box without number . labelled "Buplionting noohines for rauslo”. Two refloating galvanometer soaloa - pollBhod mahogany - good oondition. Box without number - Heavy oast iron balance wheel for tin foil phonograph. Box without lumber - Labelled "Duplicating machines Por shaving und si sing phonograph cylinders good oondition. Two glass covers for telegraph instruments good oondition. - a - Box Mo. 10 Instrument for measuring varying reelstonoe of carbon buttons - good condition. Oollootion of old type models of telephone tronanittera end receivers - one very old original -all in good oonditlon. Ctkt$ ® 46 Two poliohed mahogany telegrapher's disks oonaiating of koy, paper olamp, and induction ooil; oondenaer in base - marked ho. 9. add and Stock printing telegraph Instrument. Two telegraph koyB. •me box 10 ohae res. in 2 ohm atepa. 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.. _ 1 1 ... . ypth-J-t* . / 2- 1.0 0.0 8 . S.auc(!'tL(. . — llei-tct^ro 7-00,00 \hu£l-i6u d,6^U. (tllL&.Ulll'l /jO-L/Clb-iC . SzlttLO'CL 'l/ZtUcLisb . ’ _ . TcL'iUcA - . . lJ-ttA,cL>-r-a ~ -ToTkJ * 'liU SoUa^OAA. 'hotZs, 0,00 Qou-UtaoJ^i a . S J o o £du.e~u. (bitktucfa S' 9 60.00 ok^v^cd Tcca 00 . /So 0.00 &AA GtAJL-GJoMi t'ti-U-lW -file CicU 7/rfi£uc Sc.fJi~-ou><-c c/ - 4f r Sj~o— S/zSSo AbStUc^bu/ y/ia,/: "~P&aa. czcCra^o^c J>/io^ * N. J., 1923. Ur. Thomas A. Edison, Y/est Orange, New Jersey. Uy dear Mr. Edison: Your supervisor advises me you are looking for a dealer in Bound Brook. Your economical sales plan has been thoroughly explained to me and I am willing to follow your sales planB when your expert has proven to me the value of same as a good business proposition. X make application to be this dealer and take over all the profits and expenses incurred, except¬ ing the expenses of your expert which I understand you asiume - the goods as sold are payable by me under the regular terms. *• , I Wellington, Hew Jersey from Mr. Harry Christine, former > Mayor. I have arranged for apace in a retail store, rental to he not more then $12 per month. As soon as your ex¬ pert is ready to start his campaign, 1 shall he pleased to meet him and give him full detailB . X will visit Roselle Eark tomorrow and may run up to the laboratory in the afternoon and see you. Xours faithfully, CG-.RS January 25, 1923. Hr. ?. E. Smith, Ridgefield park, H. J. Sear 31r( wish to confirmation of our conversation of this morning, I o state the following! - ir vou will Rive me your assurance that you will, in the event of bawmin^the Edison dealer for the town mentioned, oonduot the business according to the principles and on the economical basis ^ohTe^erSlfa shown Is necessary to Insure a continuous profit, sot hat the mon territory, ee ... euggeetea by your Maher, hut I thin, you .HI ttM difficulty in finding . ae.lr.ahl. place to do eo, a. there are no .mil .tore, here nor portion, of the .am, «*» ~“ld b" B1”a f°r the amountof money, vlx: »12-00 per ~ntn. Ho.ev.r, thl. matter can he gone oyer .1th your expert .hen he come, here, oth.r.l.= , I m ..tl.fl.d to Join WAU/SB. ■ ■ ‘ ' ^ ^ . * S'K*} tSjr.'Ssy 1 ur \ SCHWEIZERISCHE KREDITANSTALT ' ■' 1 1 ZORICH1'' Zwischen ... wohnhaft ii . — ........ — ;.. . . . U,. f. $). | l | | ■ als Deponenten der Sohweizerischen Kreditanstalt in . .ijkui. . ; . als Depositarin ist folgender Hinterlegungsvertrag vereinbart worden: 1. Deponent . errichtet hieniit bei der Schweizerischen Kreditanstalt ein offenes, aut Namen lautendes Depot.und beauftragt die Schweizerische Kreditanstalt, es gemass ihrem „Reglement far die Aufbewahrung von Wertpapieren und andern Wertgegenstdnden" zu verwahren und zu verwalten. Wertgegenstande, die erst in der Foige diesem Depot einverleibt werden, fallen gleichfalls unter die Bestimmungen dieses Vertrages. • 2. Vorbehaltlich anderer Weisungen erfiffnet die Schweizerische Kreditanstalt im Anschluss an dieses Depot eine laufende Rechnung auf den Namen Deponent!^ auf der die eingehenden Ertrdg- nisse aus den hinterlegten Wertpapieren gutgeschrieben, sowie alle flbrigen ^ Deponent&J betreffenden Buchungen ausgefflhrt werden. .. . e, v, 3. ~ Deponent . erteilt an . M*y. ted. . die Vollmacht, in gleicher Weise wie~.seiber Uber die hinterlegten Gegenstande, sowie Uber das Rech- nungs-Guthaben beliebig zu verfOgen, sie zu vermehren, zu vermindem, zu belasten oder auch ganz zurQckzuziehen. Indem die Schweizerische Kreditanstalt die ihr vom Bevollmachligten erteilten Weisungen befolgl, wird sie von ihren gegenUber de/w>. Deponent tw Ubernommenen Verpflicliiungen ebenso befreit, wie wenn diesels ... selber die Weisungen erteilt hatte. 4. Es wird ausdrOcklich bestimmt, dass diese Vollmacht weder dem Bevollmachligten noch der Schweizerischen Kreditanstalt gegenaber erlischt, wenn ^ Deponent . stirbt oder handlungsunfahig wird. Nach dem Tode d&o... Deponent U. bleibt es jedem dcr an ^^Statt in diesen Vertrag ein- tretenden Erben vorbehalten, die Vollmacht schriftlich zu widerrufen. . 5. Alie Wertschriftenverzeichnisse, RechnungsauszOge, Korrespondenzen etc., welche sicli auf das Wertschriftendepot und auf die Rechnung beziehen, sind zu senden an . . . 6. Im ttbrigen gelten far die Rechle und Pflichten a sowie far das anzuwendende Recht und den Gerichtssland die Bestimmungen des umstehend abge- druckten Reglements, das zu einem Bestandteil dieses Vertrags erklart wird. Doppelt ausgefertigt, . ilps4.iL _ den .... ... 19.1X... «err; . JjqXAdw . . . Obefnimmt ‘die ^ erleilte Vollmacht, anerkennt. Jfiemit die Bestimmungen diests Vertrages und des b’eigedruckten Regiementes als atich far^jj’yerjnndlich und wird zeichnen wie folgt: .; - ;■ : V ■ “ ■ . Reglement } Wr-dlo 1 ; , Aufbewaiirung von Wertpapieren und andern Wertgegenstanden. a) Bolloblgo Wortgogonutllndo In vmcllloueiur Vorpnobung; b) Wortpapioro alldr Art (AkUon, Obllgatlonon, RontontUol, Hypothoknrtitol, Oouponibogon uiw.), woloho Ibr ogm Bbor- gobon wordon. El otolit jodoah dor KroditanitaU frol. olmo Angobo ton Or Ilndon dlo tbornnlima dot Ibr ongobotonon Hlnlorlogon gnni odor toilnotio nbralohnon, lowio ouch jodorzolt dlo ZurOoknahmo ton Dopositon in tortangon. .. Wonn dor Kundo nioht nndors boatimmt, boaorgt dio KroditanataU , dio YorBioliorung doB TranBportoB von Wortgogonatttnden auf Koston dcB Kundon, aoweit slo dafQr duroh ihro oigono YorBioherungBpolice Pflr dio Aufbowohrung von AVortgogonatUndon wird oino jtthr- HohoGobQbr orhobon, doron Ansotzung dio Soliwoizoriacho KroditanataU Dio DopotgobQhr wird jo auf Endb Dezombor fttr das abgoiaufono Kalondorjnlir uom Dopononton bolaatot. DiosoGobDbronboroclinung findot naoh dom gloiohen Anantzo auob dann atatt, wonn von WortpapToron bloaa dio Titol (aog. MUntol) olmo ” hDrigon Couponabogon dononiort wordon 5 obonso wird dio vollo State of Hew Jersey ) : ss. : County of Essex ) On this trfri. day of October, 1923, before me personally appeared THOMS A. EDISON, to me per¬ sonally known and known by me to be the person described in and who executed the foregoing instrument, and he ack¬ nowledged to me that he executed the same as and for the purposes therein set forth. NOTARY PUBLIC, STATE OF NEW JEH1?', COMMISSION EXPIRES MAY I?, IS25 Basle, November 5th., 1923. Ur. Thomas A. Edison Orange, N. Dear Sir: - We are in possession of your favour of October 22, sending us two powers of attorney you give Mrs. Marion Estelle Oeser- Edisan. We beg to return you herewith one -of 'this documents duly signed by us -and remain, Dear Sir, W'A' .. yyrw : ^ Yours very truly ; b. p. C R £ D IT SUISSE BALE ZURICH - BERNE - ERAUEMFELD - GENEVE - CLARIS KREUZUNBEN - LAU8AHHE - LUCERNE - LUBANO NEUCHATEL - 8T-BALL ASSIGNMENT I. PAUL D. PAYNE , a citizen cf the United States ana a resident of Irvington, In the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, have made a certain new and usefu. Invention in ELECTRIC SAFETY LANTEHN S , for which I am abou to apply for Letters Patent of the United States, applica¬ tion papers therefor having been executed by me on even !date herewith; and WHEREAS, THOMAS A. EDISON, a citizen of the ! United States and a resident of Llewellyn Park, West Orange] ! Essex County, New Jersey, U.S.A., desires to acquire the entire right, title and interest which I now have or may have in and to the aforesaid invention in any and all countries foreign to the United States, and in and to any and all applications which may be filed thereon and any and all Letters Patent which may be granted therefor in any and all countries foreign to the United States; NOW. THEREFORE, THIS INDENTURE WITNESSETH that for and in consideration of One Dollar and of other good i and valuable considerations, : the receipt whereof is hereby j acknowledged, I have assigned, transferred and set over i and by these presents do assign, transfer and set over I unto s&id Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, the entire right, title and interest in and to any and all Letters Patent of any and all ooun- of the world foreign to the United States which may be granted therefor, and in and to any and all reissues and extensions of any and all of said Letters Patent, and all title ana rights of whatever sort In ana to the saia Invention in all countries foreign to the Unitea States, including the rLght to file applications for Letters Patent therefor in all countries foreign to the United .States, in the name of Thomas A. Edison or otherwise, in the manner appropriate to each such country foreign to the United States, all of the same to he held and enjoyed by said Thomas A. EdiBon. his heirs, assigns and other legal repre¬ sentatives, to the full end of the term or terms for which said Letters Patent are or may he granted, reissued or ex¬ tended, as fully and entirely as the same would have been held and enjoyed by me if this assignment had not been made. I hereby authorize and request the Commissioner of patents of the Dominion of Canada to issue any and all Letters Patent of the (Dominion of Canada which may be granted for the said invention, to said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and other legal representatives, in I accordance with this assignment, and I hereby covenant that 1 I have full right to convey the interest herein assigned I ana that I have not executed and will not execute any agreement in conflict herewith. I hereby expressly covenant and agree that when- i ever said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns or other legal representatives, advise me that other or further papers are necessary to be executed by me for perfecting the title of said Thomas A. Edison, his heirs, assigns and (other legal representatives, in and to the aforesaid rights in the said invention, or in and to any Letters Patent of any country foreign to the United States for the said in¬ vention. and in and to any and all reissues and extensions 2 I there of, or that any such reissues or extensions are de¬ sirable and lawful. I will sign all papers, take all rightful oaths and do all necessary acts for perfecting the said title and for procuring such reissues or exten¬ sions. | IH WITNESS WHEREOP , I have hereunto signed my ji name at West Orange, New Jersey, this /*- day of May, 1-1923. In presence of: STATE OP HEW JERSEY ) COUNTY OP ESSEX ) On this day of May, 1923, before me personally appeared RAUL D. PAYNE , to me personally known and known by me to be the person described in and wh< executed the foregoing assignment, and he acknowledged to me that he executed the same as and for the purposes there¬ in set forth. February 1, 1923 Mr. J. V. Miller. - In accordance with the request in your recent memorandum Ho. 81, I am sending: you herewith two copies of a revised list of active U.S. patents owned by Mr. Thomas A. Kdison. including those In which he owns an interest. LijHij/JiC (ki C^tlpo8ite\Metals Relates to ma/ing composite metals, nickel-cobalt composite, oonsisting of Spon^-llke interlocking masses of the metals, “ ®POnge- like mass Af one metal to be produoed by dissolving or otherwise removing the other metal or met^ala. To produce /?hl& oanposlte metal an intimate admixture of reducible salts of the metals is first formedW the mixture is then subjeoted to heat in a reduoingNat- moBpSere to reduoe the same to the metalllo atat\and weld the partioles together. \ [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Thomas A. Edison Belated to automatio apparatua particularly designed for weighing oemant-rook and limestone in the proper proportion for malting Portland Cement, and in then intimately mixing the two ingredients to produce when ground a rohalk" suitable for immediate burning. Thomas A. Belatea to apparatus for feeding ground material from grinding-rolls^ to a separating device and returning tailings of separator to grinding-rolls for regrinding whereby latter will always be supplied with maximum load of material. ' Thomas A. Edison Welding performed by also trio aro. This apparatus was particularly designed f\r welding the seam between the flange of the oover and t£e upper/idge of storage bat¬ tery cans. Electrical weidi^/Apparatus Thomas A. Edison oslte Metal Covers oomposite metal As article. The metals in the composite are eaoh ln/fom ofUntegral sponge-like structure, and theAtruotures are engaged intimately together to constitute a solidViass. Especially . o oomposite of cobalt land nickel. process 'of Biking Artloles by Electroplating BeiafsB particularly to process of\jroduclng storage- battery cans by electroplating. PiiiKpf copper 1b • /ooated on a former, iron is plated on chipper coating, and copper coating then removed. Thom S3 A. Edison Portland Cement and prooess of iBnufaoturing thb Same Belatea to prooaBa of making Portland Cement by crush¬ ing the o linker as distinguished from grinding it, and also to the produot produoed by this process, via. , Portland osment containing praotioally no "ground" parti oles . Bate Oot. B, 1906 Jan. 22, 1907 Mar. 19, 1907 Apr. 16, 1907 Apr. 23, 1907 July 23, 1907 [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] h [i See Reissue patent So. 13,434 on page H- Thomaa A. Edison Fluorescent Bleotrio lamp Septil 0, 1907 plates to lamp having vacuum tube, ohemioals in\tube whioh fluoresce whan subjected to rays, and electrodes plaoed at angle / away at their centers. / Deo. 10, 1907 June 16, 1908 Beiates to finding machines , especially for grinding Portland oement, having grinding rolls !tnd feeding melanism driven by separate’ motors, and means for autonatioally arresting the feeding meohanism when the grinding rote are stopped, as by shearing of driving coupling due to presence of hard foreign suWtanoe tending to pass between the rolls;. \ / pparatus for Orlndlng \coal^/ Relates to apparatus for fW grinding of coal in which ooal is first grouhd by rolls, the sit¬ ing la effeoted by means of air blasts through whioh the ground ooal ls/permitted to fall, after which the air ourrenta with their load of fine particles are dlreoted'to a settling chamber and through a filtering device oanpriBing a slowly moving wall of granular materia lVuch as coarse sand. / \ VfeterproofVhg Paint for Jan. 12, 1909 Portland Cam^t^Buildia^ Relates to/waterproofing paint o anprl sing\he petroleum/reeidue known aa "B.S." disaolvedNin a suitable solvent and an additional ingredient, auoh a/ boiled linseed oil, to neutralise atih^- Ediscn waterproofing Fibers and Jan. 12, 1909 labrioa /Relates to fiber or fabric, suoh as a bag, uater- < proofed by impregnating same with petroleum resi¬ due known as *B,8." [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Sc/tec/u ^ n __7^ «. w\ « Patentee Thomas A. Ed la on Relates to waterproofing p«nt comprising petrol¬ ed benzine and that par/ of the petroleum residue known as "B.S." which u£ soluble in s;uch benzine, the paint being free/nrom the insoluble portion of ■ the B.S. and also p&ferably containing boiled lin¬ seed oil. »tenykU0 relates to process of making this paint. Thomas A. Telegraphy Relates to arrangement whereby a neutral relay, especially when used for the quadruple! telegraph, whioh/^s designed to be operated by variations in - njKLt strength, will be unaffected by reveres la rJnttEent in circuit in which relay is lnoluded. ilctlfiers, preferably aluminum reotifiers, are mbined with the relay to attain jthjj-hbJ-eot-. ~Thomaa 'A. 'Edison Shaft Coupling June ' 1, 1909 Relates to construction of coupling for heavy shafting transmitting very hi gi power, suoh “ in the driving of rolls used in crushing Portland cement o linker. Thomas A. Biiaon Apparatus for Burning Portland cement Aug. 10, 1909 Relates to provision of means for showering ma¬ terial to be calcined diametrically aorosa a kiln and dlrsotly in path of the products of combustion to approximate in cement kiln the conditions pre¬ sented in a blast furnace. Also describes provision of large settling chamber connected with charge of the kiln and a filter assooiated with the settling chamber through' which the products of ocm- bustlon pass. Apparatus for Burning Portland Cement Thomas A. Edison Relates to kiln provided with means for showering material to be calcined dlametrioally aoross kiln in oanbination with souroe of e^8 scpply. suoh aa gas produoer, connected with the lower end of the kiln. Also covers- improved arrangement for effect¬ ing shorering of material aoross kiln and means for removing fran filter fine material separated tr an T^nrtunte of combustion, * [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] patent Ho. patentee — 947,806 Apparatus for Burning i - - - - — Portland Cement __ Belates to combination of cement W-ln, a settling chamber and filter for removing or separating solid material from products of oombustion which issue from kiln, and a heat absorbing devioe suoh as economiser or hot atove to which the promts of combustion are direoted after passing through the settling ohaober and filter. Thomas A, Edison Cement Kiln Belates to arrangement for cooling hottest por¬ tion of kiln as by spiaying water thereon so as to e table much greater quantities of *n»l to be effectively burned without burning out the klln lining, so as to increase the output of clinker. Thomas A. Bits on Tube-Pormlng Machine and John P. Qtt^ , .. . f t ixc&ns.? tt Machine for forffiEfe-tib«,'su^ as^tubee for holding nl dee 1-hydrate of Edison BtorAge bat¬ tery cell, fran Bheet metal BtrlpB. a A. Edison Aut mobile Belates to an arrangement for motor vehicles in whloh the steering wheels are mounted about vertical axes, and motors areconneotedto drive said wheels and mounted on the body of the vehiole to move with said wheels about their ver¬ tical axeB. Thomas A. JSdlacn _____ Belates to plurality of sprocket °^lne running over pair® of sprooket wheels on two shaft • of the^ohains trammitting power fron one shaft ?o the other and the other ohains being provided with successively lnoreasing slack. Thomas A. Edison Sprocket Chain-Drive Apr. .Crushing Boll Belates to crushing rolls of massive obstruction Srrawtfrsasc.™ [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Relates to an arrangement of rolls for o rushing Portland cement for maintaining the rollB In allnement, and In whloh there Is a positive or driving roll and a negative roll driven through the material between the rolls, and means where¬ by the positive roll is temporarily connected to the negative roll to positively rotate the same at the oanmenoement of the orushing operation, Thomas A. Ed la on n?ooess.of Electroplating Relates to a prooess of eleotr collating In. whloh the ooolualon of hydrogen Is largely eliminated as by maintaining free ohlorln In the plating bath. For example, a quantity of copper aulptate solution Is ohlorinated and added fran time to time to a oqoper plating bath as the ohlorln 1b exhausted by reaotlon with the hydrogen developed on the cathode. A, Relates to flying machine of helicopter type e ploying a rotating series of box kites. Buoket conveyer for oonveylng gritty material such as Portland oement in whloh the ustel sup¬ porting rollers are dispensed with and in whloh the ohalns or ropes oarrying the buckets are supported on shoes traveling over lubrloated tracks. Thomas A. Edison Bevloe for Feeding pulverulent Material Relates to device for obtaining uniformity of feed of fine pulverulent material suoh as finely ground oement rook and limestone, Buoh device comprising a plurality of parallel sorew oon- veyera arranged In a storage bin in different horliontal and vertloal planes so as to oause the material in the bln to settle uniformly over an area of considerable horliontal extent. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Patent Ho. 1,041,766 JL, 050,629 1,050,630 JL^ product vfcereby speed of tbs reaotlon is greatly increased. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ■ latent Ho. .1,297,894 -18- patentaa — Title — Thomas Edison ProJ entiles Helatee to projeotlle for uaa in gun of large oallber without rifling, the projeotlle being provided on its exterior with a plurality of longitudinally extending open-ended grooves oovered fora part of their length by a oollar and a portion of the grooves being at an angle to the axis of the projeotlle. Thomas A.. pdlson BroJ entiles Balates to projeotlle for smooth-bore gun of large oallber, provided on its exterior with plurality of straight open-ended grooves parai lei to the axis of the projeotlle and oovered for a portion of thir length with a oollar, the projeotlle also being provided with foldable vanes or wings dlreotly to the rear of one end of the grooves. Th'vys A, 33dlaon P^oJ^eot^llea Relates to projeotlle for smooth-bore gun of large oallber, having a reduced end-portion, a plurality of longitudinally extending open- ended straight grooves on its exterior, the forward ends of the grooves being flared and terminating in the nose or reduced end portion of the projeotlle, and a oollar oovering the main portion of the grooves. Charles I. Dally Valves for Use with - ‘■""■"■w ««»—"> CW^osive^liquids syy\ Chi' I J . (Ur. Edison owns, a license under this patent). Be la. tea to aoid valveB of the reoiprooatory type. liaroh 11, 1919 April 15, 1919 Thomas A. Edison Apparatus for the Produo- Deo. SO, 1919 tion of Oonqrete St ruptures . Relates to the apparatus for molding oonplete monolithio oonorete house 0] or ousting building. ia A. Edison Electroplating delates to provision of metal on whioh another setal is to be el eotr opiated, with a film^of a lubatanoe containing selenium to enable the plated aetal to be readily stripped or removed. Hov. 83, 1920 [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Thomas A. Edison Eroteotlne VarnisheB for - - Elaotrodsa of Eleotro- lytlo Celia . ... Rslates to varnish of oouraarons or para-ooumarone realn for protsotlng surfaos portions of membsrs disposed in sleotrolytio calls against the deposi¬ tion of raetal thereon. Thomas A. Edison Cleaning of Metallio Halates to the cleaning of the surfaces of metallio objeota preliminary to the ooating of such surfaces as hy eleotro-plating thereon, by Immersing suoh an objeot in the hath of an sleotrolytio oell as a cathode opposed to a suitable anode, the hath of the oell consisting of a s lightly alkaline solution of a sulfate of the alkali group, suoh as sodium or potassium sulfate. Helatea to process and arrangement for nickel- plating whereby nickel may he plated at a very high rate, and consists in oiroulatlng a solution of nickel sulfate in an endless path inoluding the plating hath of the niokol plating oell and a filter press containing nioke 1-hydroxide where oy the plating hath will be kept dean and neutral or substantially free from sold. Relates to So*d starter oell and oovers broadly the pile of such oell, the method of making Buoh pile and placing and maintaining the elanents of the pile under high pressure. Thomas A. Edison storage Batteries Relates to Pffifd starter oell and ooverB an arrange¬ ment >in which the elements of the pile are main¬ tained under pressure by heavy springs, and the separating of adjaosnt oonduotlve aheetB by series of thin spaced strips of insulating material. Thomas A. Edison ' Produotion of Thin lletal- ll0 sheets or Polls Relates to the plating of alternate layers of different metals, suoh as niokel and oqpp«r» ln a single eleotroplatlng oell. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 1,402, 761 Thomas A. Ed la on Storage Battery Eleo- Jan, 10, 1922 trodas and the Produo- * tlon. of Same Relate e to fora of storage Battery electrode element originally designed for "PoinT'starter cell and comprising a thin perforated uetalllo plate having nickel hydrate eleotrolytlcally deposited thereon. Contains olalms covering the electrode element and olalms covering the method of applying the ooatlng of nlokle hydrate to the perfoiated metallio plate. Relates to a protective ooatlng for steel and Iron comprising a mixture of unctuous material suoh as petrolatum and slno dust. Relates to method and apparatus for producing thin sheets or foils of nlokel or other metal of any desired length, the metal foil la elec¬ troplated on a slowly and Continuously rotating drnm whloh is partially Immersed In an electro¬ plating Bath and is continuously stripped fran said drum at a point Beyond or outside the Bath, the drun Is preferably of copper and Is ooated with a selenlde to facilitate the stripping of the metal el eotr opiated thereon. Relates to a mlorbphone transmitter in which a mass of granular oonduotlve material such as carbon is disposed Between the el eotr odea and Is wholly Immersed In a liquid suoh ss gasoline or other liquid hydrooarBon. the transmitter la mounted In a large mass of ruBBer-llke ma¬ terial suoh as "sp onge-ruBB ar" , Relates to aiparatus and method of eleotrolyti- qally prodnolng thin sheets or foils of metal, suoh as nioke 1, of any desired length, preferably By operations whloh may Be oarrled on oontlnu¬ ously. Ratal suoh as nlokel Is electroplated on Both sides of an endless flexible Band and the metal plated on this band is oontlnuously stripped from eaoh side of the Band without the plating * Bath. The Band on whloh the metal Is electroplated after the electroplated metal is stripped therefrom [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Belssue patent 13.582 _ Beiaaue patent 13,434 -16- ia passed through an eleotrcdytlo aleanlng hath and then through a hath In which a aelenide ie applied to the hand before it la agpln passed through the eleotrcplatlng hath. Be Issued Bate of Original Patent . Thoraaa A.Bilsoa liar. 12,1912 Belates to apparatus for crushing and separating hard material, comprising crushing rolls, a oonveyer for oarrying material orushed to separating means, and a oonveyer for returning tailings of separator to the rolls for reorushlng, and the prinolpal feature resides In separating material whioh issues fran rollers Into two portions and oonveying one portion dirootly hack to the rolls to he reorushed so as to relieve load on oon¬ veyer to separating means fran so large a non-effective hulk. Sept. 6, 1911 (patent #1,002,504) [homes A. Edison Blsoharglng Apparatus June 25,1912 \ for Belt Conveyers Relates to halt oonveyer in whioh there are a plurality of halts or plurality of runs of the same belt at dif¬ ferent levels ,x and the prinolpal feature resides in means suoh as a sul table projecting devloe, shown as a drum pro¬ vided with radial blades, for receiving iraterial to he conveyed and projecting Buch material onto a belt or a belt run, at the same speed as the latter and In the same direction In whioh suoh Belt moves. July 30, 1907 (patent #861,819) J~av. 28J ttzc. list showing all unexpired U. 3. patents in addition ti ^ those shown in the attaohed list of g??3, now owned by Thomas A. Edison, ana also showing all pending U. 3. applications and all foreign patents now Owned hy ThomaB A. Edison. isis? *• Eai,°° saa The invention of this patent relates to the method of chlorinating rubber by subjecting thin sheets of rubber to the action of chlorine in the presence of vapor j of chlor¬ inated compound which is a solvent of rubber. 1,526.326 Thomas A. Edison Storage, Batteries Relates to a construction for facilitating r a the circulation of electrolyte through the C K batterv pile of a storage battery cell of the > starter type, by grooving the surface of the layers of active material adjacent the con¬ ductive nickel sheets. 1,669,562 Thomas A. Edison Storage Batteries Relates to asbestos separators ^ . n V starter oell, the porosity of whioh is in S creased by impregnating the Jifbestos with a u carbonate whioh is subsequently eliminated or dissolved out. pending U.S. Applications Wl.« Tig, T " ffeiT- Thomae A. Edison Froauotlon of Elements Having £16,161 - - - Eleotrolytioally Surface Coatings (tfal'p'AV/) j This application relates to an electrolytic S, oell in whioh the anode and o a th ode are both of nickel and the electrolyte contains a nickel salt and a nitrate whereby in the operation of the oell, nickel hydroxide is deposited on the cathode. Thomas A.Edison Extraction of Alkali Metal Com- 571,394 Z* **-.■*.* - pounds from Silioates Contain- ing Them (‘Polio Relates (Tspeoially to extracting potash from silicates by subjecting the very fi“eJy : Ssk?%i?.?.srausriffl Mss-" Pending Applications Continued Applicant Title Serial Ho. Thomas A. Edison Storage Batteries 63-8...6?.4. ■A#oM gp-ieefr) s^; Relates to insulating separators for Edison cells of the starter type consisting of asbestos paper rendered porouB hy impregnat¬ ing the same with salicylio acid and there¬ after dissolving out the salicylio acid. Piling Bate May 14. 1923 Thomas A. EdjLs.on Mountings for Diamonds and the 649,826 like JP oil ojjGOg-) _ _ _ _ _ Relates to' provision of an improved mounting for a stylus or tool member, especially for our diamond reproducer stylus in which the mounting for the stylus is formed of electro- deposited nickel, gripping the stylus under tension. July 6, 1923 Thomas A. Edison Roofing and the like and Method of proa^iag th. Same (T. lOlfrh .. a.H. 680, 8.82 Relates to a composite material especially adapted for roofing, which consists of a felt base impregnated with asphalt or other cheap base to whioh thin sheet copper formed by electro-deposition is secured by cement¬ ing the same thereto. Thomas A.Edison Production of Depolarizing Agents for - - — Voltaic Batteries (#t-±2TT) . . . . — .r.-.- s.H . 695,156 Deo. 13, 1923 peb. ’ 26, 1924 The invention of this application relates to the the method of ohemioally producing cupric hydroxide in the presence of magne¬ sium hydroxide . This application is a divi¬ sion of a former application which has now gone to patent and whioh was assigned to T.A.E.lno. While the assignment of the parent application would probably carry with it the rights to this application, I believe it would be well to have a separate assign¬ ment covering the latter application. Thomas Addison Cabinets (P.1230) This application is especially directed to a grille for phonograph cabinets having a fine -mesh screen applied to the outer faoe of the grille instead of the inner faoe thereof as is customary. Thomas A.Edison Shaving Apparatus for - - - - Radio and Telephone Cirouits (g.^1231) _ ■ . ■ _ _ palates to"a sound amplifying reseiving S.H. 6146 Van. 31, 1926 peb. 13, 1926^ Pending Applications Continued Serial Ho. Filing Date Thomas A* Edison Thomas A. Edison Country Patent Ho. Belgium 31V , 745 devise somewhat similar to the EdlBon ohalk amplifier which is especially designed to he disposed in the local receiving circuits of radio sets, In¬ stead of a friction wheel formed of chalk, one formed of light calcined magnesium oxide molded under a heavy pressure is employed. n Mounting for Diaphragms of 2£ Sound Boxes (gy^-iaflg-j . . The invention of this application re¬ lates to the use of pressed cork gas¬ kets for mounting the diaphragms in the sound boxes of phonograph repro¬ ducers. Shingles and the Dike (*E*-vL884 ) 21 Relates to an improved form of shing¬ le comprising a oheap base having a coating of thin electro-deposited copper applied thereto and in which the copper is extended beyond the side and lower edges of the shingle and folded thereunder. >n ' Production of Storage ,4 " Battery Electrode Elements _ _ Relates to the application of finely divided active material in a dry, loose state, asbestos insulating sheets of the starter cell, and then causing the same to adhere to the asbestos sheets by subjecting the same to pressure. Foreign patentB Subjeot Electric Safety Lanterns Electric Safety Lanterns Expiration Date ~M8yl67l944~ Great Britain 216,116 Electric safety Lanterns May 17, 1939 Each of the above three patents re¬ lates to the mine lamp head designed by Mr. Eayne, in which the incandes¬ cent lamp is normally held in circuit closing position by the lens or win¬ dow which is made of non-shatterable glass . Foreign patents Oentlnwoh Country Belgium Subjeot Expiration pate 205 32V Electrolyte for Alkaline — — storage BatterleB ^ — „ Electrolyte for Alkaline mm Each of the above patentB use of lithium hydroxide ^lyte for alkaline oellB. relates to the in an eleotro- Jan^ 31, 1928 Jan. 8, 1928 t „_ao-n+nnri that Mr Edison haB already decided to assign Storage Battery Co., it would prooaxy entB to the Storage Battery to assign the German and Belgian litniap^ the Btarter cell. How- Co. as the lithia w^n-exolusive license to the Battery Co. SSj S; «*>■ ” "lti0" ros”lt5r- 939,992, dated Nov. 943,663, dated Dec. 948,542, dated Feb. 950,227, dated Feb. 966,31V, dated Apr. 975.339, dated Nov. 975.340, dated Nov. 16, 1909, 21, 1909, 8, 1910, entitled Phonographic Recording and Reproducing Machine . entitled Horn for Talking Machines. entitled Method of Treating Cans of Alkaline Storage BatterieB. 22 1910, entitled Apparatus for Making Metallic ’ Films or Flakes. 26, 1910, entitled Tube Sealing Maohine. 8 1910, entitled FrooesB of Duplicating Talking ’ ’ Maohine Records. 8, 1910, entitled phonograph Reproducers. The ownership of the above seven patents is being checked up through the Patent Office records. William A. Hardy copy to llr. J. V. Miller-' December 10, 1936 Mr. Erwin: Attached Is a list showing my estimate of the Individual value of all patents and patent applications assigned by Thomas A. Edison to Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated on February 1, 1936, with the exoeptlon of those patents and patent ap¬ plications which relate to the starter cell. ■■ Hardy wllll; [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ■p^c. /<3 VALUATION OP ALL PATENTS AMD PATENT APPLICATIONS, WITH EXCEPTION OP THOSE PATENTS AMD PATENT APPLICATIOHS RE¬ LATING TO THE STARTER CELL, ASSIGNED BY THOMAS A. EDISOII TO THOMAS A. EDISOB, INCORPORATED ON FEBRUARY X, 19B6. The following 1b the estimated value of the shove mentioned patents and patent applications aa of February 1, 1926, based on a total valuation of §25,000: 923,635 930,946 930.948 930.949 939,817 947,806 954,789 962.822 962.823 964,096 967,178 970,616 991,433 993,294 996,070 1,013,869 1,014,818 1,016,875 1,041,756 1,060,629 1,060,630 1,065,624 1,069,661 1,066,597 1,083,364 1,083,356 1,099,241 1,106,444 1,123,261 1,143,818 1,148,832 1,152,613 1,167,637 June 1, 1909 August 10, 1909 August 10, 1909 August 10, 1909 November 9, 1909 Eeb ruriry " 1 , 11910 April 12, 1910 June 28, 1910 June 28, 1910 July 12, 1910 August 16, 1910 September 20, 1910 May 2, 1911 May 23, 1911 June 27, 1911 January 9, 1912 January 16, 1912 February 6, 1912 October 22, 1912 January 14, 1913 January 14, 1913 March 11, 1913 April 22, 1913 June 24, 1913 January 6, 1914 January 6, 1914 June 9, 1914 AugUBt 11, 1914 January 5, 1915 June 22, 1915 August 3, 1915 September 7, 1915 January 11, 1916 SI. 00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 350.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 300.00 300.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] 1,167,638 1,198,400 1,819,878 1,855,617 1,803,706 1,897,894 1.300. 708 1.300.709 1,386,854 1,369,978 1,364,359 1,369,871 1,371,414 1,379,089 1,410,391 1,417,464 1,485,183 1,485,104 Reissue 13,388 1,495,580 January 11, 1916 July 85, .1916 March 13, 1917 February 5, 1918 Hovember 6, 1918 March 11, 1919 April 16, 1919 April 16, 1919 Deoember 30, 1919 Jlo vender S3, 1980 January 4, 1981 February 28, 1981 March 15, 1921 May 84, 1921 Maroh 21, 1982 May 83, 1982 August 8, 1922 August 8, 1922 ( sept. 5, 1911 ( reissued Mar.. -12, 1912 May 27, 1924 ■ •<-. Pending Applications.. Filing Dane ft 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2872.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 1.00 2875.00 150.00 150.00 200.00 250.00 1.00 8026.00 1.00 250.00 : ^Serial Mo. y'5'71,394 June 28, 19i22 * /i- •^649,826 July 6, 1923 , ^'V (Patent 1,600,722, 1b sued Sept. 21,1926) 680,338 Deoember 13, 1923 • ’■'* 36,156 February 26, 1924 ■ ■ q - “'“‘,121, issued Sept. 7, 1926) January 31, 1925 February 13, 1925 April 30, 1925 May 6, 1925 buo.xoo ici (Patent 1,599,121 6,145 0,897 26,967 28,311 84I763 January J , 1926 Belgian Potent Expiration Date nn. 205.327 January 31, 1 1000.00 250.00 200,00 700.00 5000.00 Mo. 206,' German Patent Ho. 203,284 January 31, 1928 40.00 January 8, 1931 1147.00 Willi^A^kardy CC to lir. J. V. Miller CC to Ur. Ueikle December 14, 1926 Mr. Erwin: Attaohefl is my estimate of the respective values, as of February 1, 1926, of the patents and patent appliootions relating to the starter oell, whloh were assigned by Mr. Edison to Thomus A. Edison, incorporated, on February 1, 1926. Willisg^' [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Deoenfcer 14, 1926 Estimated Value, as of Fobruary 1, 1926, of the Patents and Potent Applications Relating to the 3tarter Cell, ossiened by Mr. Edison to Thomas A. Edison, Incorporated on February 1, 1926, based on a total valuation of $53,200.59. P A * B 11 I 3 Patent Patent Date Estimated value 1,377,194 May 10, 1921 $36,000.00 1,379,088 Hay 24, 1921 210.00 1,402,751 January 10, 1922 565.00 1,526,326 February 17, 1925 (This potent was surrendered and application for reissue thereof. Serial Ho. 85,806, was filed February 3, 1926) 1,559,562 November 3, 1925 2,950.00 APPLICATIONS Serial II o. Filing Date .Estimated Value 518,181 November 28, 1921 250.00 638,694 Hay 14, 1923 100.59 45,781 July 24, 1925 10,000.00 85,806 February 3, 1926 3,125.00 (fhis Is the application for reissue of Patent no. 1,526,326). WAH.BB William, Richard W. Kellow File 1924-1925 Correspondence -- New Jersey Patent Co. (1924-1925) [env. 221] Correspondence — Loan to William Maxwell (1925) [env. 80] Correspondence — Loan to William Maxwell (1925) [env. 80] Contract with F. H. Losey (1925) [env. 216] Agreement with Commissioners Palisades Interstate Park (1925-1928) [env. 218] Trusts for Marion Edison Oeser, Thomas A. Edison Jr., and William L. Edison (1925) [env. 219] Settlement of Loan with Ford and Edison Storage Battery Co. (1925) [env. 224] Documents - Premier Mill Corporation and Henry Ford (1925, 1927) [env. 86] October 13, 1924 Mr. Charles Edlson,- As you are aware, title to certain of our patents Is in the name' of How Jersey Patent Company although the goods ore manufactured and sold by Thomas A. Edison, Xno. Various ques¬ tions oome up from time to time In regard to this matter, and a considerable amount of the time of a number of us has been spent In their consideration, preparation of licenses, etc. and appar¬ ently all without accomplishing any useful or profitable result whatever. In connection with this matter, Ur. Hobinson han asked me to write you a memorandum stating my views as to whether a manufacturing and selling company should own its own patents or whether they should Btand in the name of some other person or cor¬ poration. Ur. John V. Miller has also brought up the question of the ownership of tho stock In the Bow Jersey Potent Co. As a general proposition, I believe a manufacturing and selling company, such as Thomas A. EdlBon, Ino . , should ovm Its own patents ^ust as It owns Its land, buildings, equipment, mechlnery and other asaotB. I should say that there are the following advantages: 1. When a patent is Infringed the owner of the patent may under certain oiroumatanoes be entitled to reoovor both profits and damages, that Is to say, profits made by the infringer In the sale of tho infringing articles and damages suffered by the patent owner beoause of tho marketing of the Infringing article; for example, the patent owner’s soles might be out down by roason of Ur. Charles Edison -2- ootober 13, 1924. the oompetltl on of the Infringing article. Where the owner of the patent Ls inaotlve end not manufacturing or selling products made under tho patent, he oon have no claim for such damages. 2. Whore tho manufacturing ond selling corporation owns its own patents, it facilitates the borrowing of money as, for oxample , on a bond issua. If 'i'homnB A. Edison, Inc. wore to undertake to float a bond issue, one of tho first questions nsl:ed would be — 7/ho owns the patents? If they are owned by Thomu3 A. Edison, Inc. that question is ellminatod. If some othor party owns them or has an interest in them, the relationship has to be investigated and mode satisfactory to the parties -who aro l-eBponslble for putting the bonds on the market. 3. She owning of tho patents by Thomas a. Edison, Inc. will eliminate all questions as to licenso rights from the Hew Jersoy Patent Company to Thomas A. Edison, Inc. These patents hove been shifted back and forth to such an extent that it would take days of investigation to find out exactly what tho preaont situation is with respect to them. 4. I think tho ownership of the patents by Thomas A. Edison, Ino. would put it in a bettor position for the purpose of olaiming depreciation for income tax purpoooa. It is roy impression that for this purpose the patents have boon treated as actually owned by Thoraus A. Edison, Inc. As far as I know the expenses of all patents relating to tho business of Thomas A. Edison, Ino. have been paid for by Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ond not by the How Jersey Patent Company, and I have always considered Thomas A. Edison, Ino. ae tho real owner of the patents. If it is decided that Thomas A. Edison, Ino. should own ond have title to the so patento, I should say that the first if r. Charles Edison -3- octooer ±a, stop would ho to have the How Jersey Patent Compnny stock trans¬ ferred to Thomas A. Edison, Inc. ana subsequently have the patents assigned to Thornes A. Edison, Inc., and ultimately the flow Jersey Patent Company dissolved. The transfer of these patents involves a lot of detail and would take some time. You, of course, know thnt the Edison Storage Battery Co. owns its own patents and the above discussion has only to do with paten tB relating to products made and marketed or intended to bo made and marketed by ThomaB A. EdlBon, Inc. In cases where Mr. Edison makes inventions not directly related to the businesses, thq praotloe has been for him to take these patents out in his own name and to retain the ownership of them. Henry Lanahan a. J.W. Robinson J.V. Miller 1/ R.H. Allen iPL, h~iX-. 2t..p, PaCUuJ TEOltAS A. EDISON PRIVATE Front Hr. J. V. Hiller H - 5B6 - To: Ur. Edison 10-22-26 Bet New Jersey Patent Go. Ownership of Stock. Last month yon received from Thomas A. Edison, Xno., a check for $1,000 in payment for ton (10) shares of the capital stook of the H.J. intent Co. As timre is no record on your hooks of your ownership of ouoh stock, there is a question as to how wo shall handle this $1,000.00. The shares of stock turned over to the Incorporated are as follows: T.A. Edison Chas. " H.F. Hiller J.V. Hiller assigned in blank not assigned assigned In blank assigned in blank assigned in blank. Hr. H. F. Hiller is of the opinion that you gave all this ^ stock originally to Hrs. EdiBon - As evidenoe of Bumo there are (1) on his\Wr ' record of stook certificates there was a notation by J.F. Randolph "Entire stook presented to Hrs. Bdloon by Mr. Edison « Notation mado prior to Feb. 18, 1908, date of dealh of Hr. Randolph. : (2) By the Stook Certificate book and Stook ledger we find that at one tine 1903-1906 lira. Edison held all the stock by assignment only, that is all the outstanding certificates were assigned to Mrs. Hina H. Edison, but not eyidpnsed in the stock ledger. You have had in your safe deposit box all these certificates. Therefore we inquire what disposition yw want made of this $1,000.00. If it is your Intention and still is that Hrs. Edison should be the sold owner of this stook, then the $1,000.00 should be turned over to her. If you agree to this will you kindly approve this letter as authority to issue oheok for $1,000.00 to Mrs. Edison. Clendanen vs. Thomas A. Edison, Inc. Suit Ho. 68. This is a suit hosed on the contract with the so- called French Xinetophone Group. It is likely to come up for trial in June. The doim is quite large being for §80,822.50 with Interest from August 1, 1914. Consequently, it would he a serious matter if it should go against us. Mr. Robert McCarter 1b handling the matter person¬ ally and is showing a keen interest in It, so that I think everything is being dona that can be done in the defense of the suit. We are likely to need as witnesses, Messrs. C. H. Wilson, William Maxwell, Walter Stevens and James Millar. I have boen in communication with theso gentlemen and they are all willing to testify for us and expect to be avail¬ able in June. Mr. Maxwell’s health, however, 1b very bad at the pro sent time. Henry Lanahan 72. William Maxwell ? Cl QJ’LXzs* dU UfrL&ot ktfl Chas. Edison, Esq., Chairman of Board of Directors, Edison Industries, Orange, N.J. My dear Mr. Edison: I had planned never to However, in what i might oall my ask him to do something for me. ask Mr. Edison for/anything. adversities, I am going to As I think I may have told you, my oorrespondenoe school made money during the first few months of its operation. I received considerable personal criticism on account of the "yellowness" of the advertising and adopted a conservative form of advertising which did not prove profit¬ able. Ehis was not of great oonoem, so long as my personal activities enabled me through sales oounsel, convention work, oto., to bring in enough money to offset the losses in the oorrespondenoe sohool work. Unfortunately for me, my failing health now prevents me from undertaking high pressure work. I have one means of recoupment, namely the prepara¬ tion of a large book, or a series of small ones, which will oontain the essence of the instruction and be sold by the Review of Review method, whioh is praotioally identical with the method used by Doubleday, Page & Company, literary Digest, eto. I understand that Mr. Edison onoe said: "Maxwell is a sales genius." If he would repeat that in writing for use exclusively in advertising the book, he would be giving me a very great aid at a time when I need it. should he prefer to say: "Maxwell is a genius as a salesman", that would be entirely satisfactory. I hope Mr. Edison will receive this request in a charitable mood. It is going to be neoossary for me to live in another olimate for some t ime, and I want to fix up the book and see that the advertising is ready before I go away. f/v* JlUt. J* -3 tVue^uM-fL- — ( _ _ _ qA^k-t x(fr&- 7 ' _(i*_**i _ tK^_6U«.((-6 - krfiijj- itp&wJL^ _ |AjryJ2 - ..ClJVVwUr-^j - Wrjs— — .Uh&Ar-.C.tv _ LEASE /P'*'7 • . Botwoen EDISON AND HERMAN HOFFMAN HOFFMAN AND SHRAH L. HOFFMAN 11 I, 1925 covering rental of THOMAS A. GEORGE H. dated Apr - THIS IHDEHTIHE made the first day of Apri1, nineteen Hundred and Twenty-five, between Thomas A. Edison, of the Town of West Orange, in the County of Essex and State of Hew Jersey, hereinafter designated the -lessor", and Herman Hoffman, George H. Hoffman, and Sarah I. Hoffman, of the Township of White, in the County of Warren andStaie of Hew Jersey, hereinafter designated the "lessees" , witness© th: That the lessor, in consideration of the performance by the lessees of the covenants and agreements hereinafter contained to he kept and performed on their part, does let and rent unto the lessees the farm and premises conveyed to John V. Hiller by tne heirs and devisees of Philip 3aub, deceased, by deed dated June 8, 1917, situated in the Township of White, -in the County of barren and State of Hew Jersey, excepting .and reserving all buildings and structures upon the said demised premises, and also excepting and reserving all portions of said premises that may at this time, or may at any time hereafter during the continuance of the term hereby created.be used by The Edison Portland Cement Company, a corporation of Hew Jersey,, and its .assigns, for quarrying lime¬ stone and removing the same from the -remises, or for any other nurpos, or purposes, and also excepting the railroad tracks, machinery, appliances and fixtures used in connection with the said quarrying and removing of limestone, and also excepting and reserving all other things that may be hereinafter reserved or excented, for the term of one year from tne "first day of April, 1925*. at the rental of One hundred Dollars per year, payable in equal monthly installments on the first day of each month, the first payment to be made on Hay 1, 1925. This lease is made upon the following terms and conditions: 1. The lessees will pay the said rent as stipulated. 2. The lessees will till and work said farm in a good and husband-like manner to the satisfaction of the lessor. 5 mhe lessees will furnish all live stock, machinery, imple , and !«.« «»t W * *» “>• OUltW“,0° and management of said farm. 4. The lessees will, at their own expense, make all such repairs to the fences on said premises as may he. desired by the lessor, will haul all posts and rails and all other materials for repairing said fence, which materials are to be provided by the lessor. 5. She lessees will cut all brush and burn the same, w keep said farm clear of Canada Thistles, will keep the prem and the grounds surrounding the buildings clear, and will k the line and partition fences clean and clear of brush. 6. The lessees will haul and spread -11 manure on sa 10. The lessees will not cut any growing trees without the permission of the lessor, except brush rows along fences. 11. The lessees will permit the lessor and his assigns, servants, workmen and other persons, for his benefit,, to enter upon the said farm and premises at all times, in(brder to make repairs and for all other purposes, and they will co-operate v/ith the lessor, his assigns , servants, workmen and said other persons in making re¬ pairs to the said farm and premises, and for all other purposes. 12. The lessees will not purchase, or permit to be purchased anything relating to said farm, or make or permit to he made any expense in relation to said farm, on the credit of the lessor, and the lessor is not to be liable in any manner for anything done by the lessees, or any of them, or their or any of their servants, workmen or agents. 13. ITone of the lessees will make any claim or demand what¬ soever upon the lessor, his assigns, employees or agents, or The Edison Portland Cement Company, or their employees or agents, on account of any damage or injury to the person or property of the lessees, or any of them, or their family, or any of their families, employees, servants or agents, heretofore caused or which may here¬ after be caused as a result of the operations of the limestone quarries of The Edison Portland Cement Company, or the working of any part thereof or property associated therewith, or by any opera¬ tion or working that may be carried on by the lessor, his assigns, employees or agents, or by The Edison Portland Cement Company, its employees or agents. 14. The la ssees will not assign this lease or sublet any part of said premises without the consent in writing of the lessor. 15. The lessees will not keep more than six cows and four young cattle and the usual number of hogs, shoats, chickens and other poultry. 16. The lessor hereby reserves for himself, his workmen, ser¬ vants, agents, heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and for ir>on the amount of the damage so sustained, the ie ssor shall select m appraiser and the lessee shall select an appraiser, by whom the lamage shall he estimated or ascertained; and before said two apprais srs begin their estimate or ascertainment, they shall choose an impire , who shall determine the difference between the appraisers, ind the award of any two of the three, in writing signed by them, shall determine and settle the amount of the damage to be so paid. 17. She lessees, and each of them, for themselves, and for their and each of their heirs, executors, and administrators, in consideration of the said letting, and also in consideration of the sum of One Dollar, lawful money of the United States, and for other good and valuable consideration to them in hand paid by the lessor, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, have remised, released and forever discharged, and do hereby agree to remise, release, and forever discharge the lessor, his heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, and The Edison Portland Cement Company, and its suc¬ cessors, of and from any and all claims and demands which the lessees or any of them, or their or any of their families, employees, agents, heirs, executors or administrators, may now have, or may nereaxter have, on account of any damage or injury to the person or property of the lessees, or any of them, or their or any of their families, employees, servants or agents, heretofore caused or which may be hereafter caused as a result of the working or operation of the lime¬ stone quarry or quarries of the lessor or of said The Edison Portland Cement Company, or the working or operation of any part thereof or property associated therewith, including any such damage or injury as may occur on account of any blasting operation. 18. The lessees, for themselves, their heirs, executors and administrators, in consideration of the letting unto them of the above mentioned premises, covenant and agree to and with the lessor, his ors or assigns. administrati to keep and p« every the- above stipulations to be by them kept ana performed as aforesaid, and at the expiration of the said term, or other detei mination of this lease, will quit and surrender the said premiseE in as good condition ana repair as the same now are, damagesby tJ elements ana ordinary wear ana tear excepted. IK WITNESS WHEREON , the lessor and lessees have hereunto sel their hands and seals the day ana year first above-written. Signed, sealed ana delivered ) ^ Thos. A. Edison, Edison laboratories, West Orange, H. J. Dear Mr. Edison;- As per ray wire of last evening I Bhall endeavor to outline the situation as it now exists regarding again taking ray old position with you. Inasmuch as my present business brings me in an income exceeding $7000. 00 per annum I do not feel that I could afford to accept a position where the income is less. In view of the fact that I am and always have been, very much interested in phonographic reproduction— especially since having been with you— X submit the following proposition;- Eor a salary of $150.00 per week and for a term of not less than THREE YEARS, I will again accept the position and will endeavor to give you satisfaction. This means that I will have to dispose of ray business here — virtually abandon it which means a distinct loss. It is for this reason that I feel that it would be bad business judgement on my part\ to aooept a position for a shorter term orffor a smaller income than I\ am now enjoying. Can be on the job Hov. 1st. It will require all the intervening time to adjust my business here. Having just signed a lease for larger offices, it will be necessary for me to know your decision at once. I.Iy landlord has consented to hold the matter in abeyance for a day or ao.‘ Will you kindly wire your decision at my expense as soon as you have digested this letter? Yours sinoerely, Oct 13th 1925 719-Cherry St., Erie, Penna. //' 7 / Cj. C-(dcSisuL rW’ a ' 3°. ?- ^ _ _ - '^vT ' ' - i -'.a $ • : ^ " ”1 ^nr | AGREEMENT made this /J~~ day of |! 1925 Between THOMAS A. EDISON and MINA M. EDISON, his wife, both of the Town of West Orange, County of Essex, State of New Jersey, parties of the first part, and COMMISSIONERS OP THE PALISADES INTERSTATE PARK, a body politic created and existing under and by virtue of Chapter 170 of the Laws of 1900 of the State of New York, and having its principal place of business at No. 25 Broadway, in the Borough of Manhattan, City of New York, party of the second part. WITNESSETH, Whereas the parties of the first part are the owners of a certain tract of land containing 197.59 ' acres more or less in the Town of Stony Point, County of Rockland, State of New York, generally known as the Sheldon Lot and more particularly described in a certain deed from Thomas Nelson to the said Thomas A. Edison,dated April z9, 1890, recorded in Liber 155 in the Rockland County Records of Deeds at page 244 on the 16th day of May, 1890. AND WHEREAS the parties of the first part are desirous of selling the same and the party of the second part is desirous of purchasing the same for the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3000.00), but certain irregularities in the record title of said premises may be deemed to be defects therein which might prevent the parties of the first part from conveying a marketable title to said premises. AND WHEREAS from time to time the party of the second part has conducted various proceedings for the acquirement of land3 in said County by condemnation, and contemplates the acquisition of additional lands from time to time by that means. NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of One Dollar ($1.00) by each to the other in hand paid, it is hereby agreed as follows: 1, By the party of the second part that in the next proceedings for the condemnation of real property located in the county of Rockland which shall be commenced by it the above described premises shall be Included, provided no future statutory enactment shall prevent same, and that upon such proceeding no testimony or evidence will be offered in behalf of hie said party of the second part that the said premises shall then have a market value of lead than $3000.00, which sum -the party of the second part admits to be the fair market value of the same. 2. By the parties of the first part that they will not divest themselves of the title to the said premises, and that upon such condemnation no evidence will be given or testimony offered by them that the value of said premises shall then be greater than the sum of #3000.00 which sum they hereby admit to be the fair marke t value of the same . 3. And if no proceeding for the condemna¬ tion of lands in the County of Rockland shall have been commenced by tiie party of the second part within two years from the date of this agreement, then the parties of the first part may, by written notice to the party cf the second part, cancel this agreement and all of the provisions thereof. 4. The party of the second part agrees to pay any taxes which may be levied on the said property after the first day of January, 1925 until the closing of title and also to pay to the parties of the first pant interest semi-annually at the rate of six percent (6$) per annum on the sum of Three Thousand Dollars ($3000) beginning on -the first day of January, 1925 and until final closing of ffinwmtemnnfra nf % Meat** ftA NEW JERSEY COMMISSION Mr. Thomas A. Edison Orange, N.J. Dear Mr. Edison:- Enoloaed please find fully exeouted contract between yourself and the Commissioners in regard to the sale of your property on Dunderherg Mountain. Kindly acknowledge reoeipt, and oblige,. EWK: I October 26, 1927. Mr. J. V. Miller: SUBJECT: Agreement - Thomas A. Edison _ _ with Palisades Interstate Park. Answering your memorandum of October 13 on the above subject, some time before the expiration of the agreement (October 17, 1987), Mr. Reed of this office discussed the matter of this agreement with Mr. Lanahan, and it is my understanding that Mr. Lanahan suggested that either Reed or myself go over to New York and see someone in the office of the Palisades Interstate Parle Commission, and endeavor to find out from them when condemnation proceedings were expected to be commenced. It is also my understanding that Mr. Lanahan suggested that we let the Park Commission bring up the matter of an extension of the agree¬ ment rather than to bring up the matter ourselves. It appears in this connection that we are fully covered by the agreement and that there is no necessity on our part for wanting to extend the same. This is brought out by the following paragraph. No. 4, of the agreement: n The party of the second part (Commissioners of the Palisades Interstate Park) agrees to pay any taxes which may be levied on the said property after the first day of January 1925, until the closing of title, and also to pay to the parties of the first part interest semi-annually, at the rate of six percent (6$) per annum on the sum of Three. Thousand Dollars ($3000.00) beginning on the first day of January 1925. and until final closing of title. In the event that the parties of the first part exercise their option of cancelling this agreement, as provided in paragraph three hereof, the said parties will return to the party of the second part any amount advanced or paid by it in pursuance of this paragraph." As you know, on October 17, a letter was received from Mr. E. A. Young, Chief Clerk of the Commission, addressed to Mr. Thomas A. Edison, as' follows: "This is to inform you that condemnation proceedings which effect the property which we have under contract with you have begun and the maps have been filed with the New York Attorney General." Since the conference with Mr. Lanahan, we have been in touch with the Commission several times and we received a letter from Mr. Young, dated October 25, with which was enclosed a copy of the resolution adopted at the meeting of the Commission on October 18, 1927, and you will note from this resolution that under paragraph 96, Hr. Kdison's property is included among those on which condemna¬ tion proceedings have begun. Mr. Young is unable to advise us at this time just when the proceedings will be completed. The original agreement and the resolution above mentioned are sent to you for your file. If nothing is done about the matter within the next three months, we vri.ll again follow up the Commission. Ediphoned-C CC: Mr. Henry Lanahan. fflmmtmuoma of % frtttiu* MxtM* f ark K COMMISSION &tnrmKiii0 NEW JERSEY COMMISSION GENERAL, office: 25 BF BROADWAY. NEW YORK May 15th, 1928 Mr. Thomas A East Orange, , Edison New Jersey Dear Mr. Edison: . Unclose! ple.ee rind: HI »««”« ot tllls’ 121 T"“,“r ana (3) deed covering the convey.... of your Dond.rhurgh Moon- tain property to our Commission. Will you please sign and swear to the affidavit; execute the deed — yourself and Mrs. Edison, and receipt thb voucher in advance of payment. Then if you will Please return, all these papers to the Department of the Attorney General, Attention Mr. Rusk, 49 Chambers Street, New York City, check in full payment for the property shortly thereafter will be forwarded to you. MIS IHDEH TDHI S»4o the ' 4,7 °f 0•otOb<, " ».«» MM A- «B»». •' “"*“»* "** °““1- „„„ „.r.? .< to. n.« **. «* ■”«“ '“M **" " Loui u. „«t .f «• «>•* »*»» '* “ ..A — m .. «*M.» «« „* A... »»«.. - *• “*» “ ““ •**“ haroinaftor referred to »» tho Boneftolaryj OTBIOM, *» «MU.»U« •< <“ A™4*” “* "• „„ ».U». A— «-» « »“ “»•* »““■ - ~ ’’ m.o A. ■»« w ** •' “* ““■* "**■ “ " 8. ul «.UW .. *“ *h”~' “ to"W «. ».« •* *- »'•* —■ -■ - w 4k.M 40.. MU. o.tlsn, tran.for and eat oror and *.t orer, and W «. ^ .. - ».»* — - - - “* - ’“T seeurltlea and aiMt., namely: UOitod State. Tra.aunr «/¥ Coupon Bond., due October l5tb, 19^35J. interoet payable Ootober l9th and d*U ** CrtUloate number. B-00000012 (U00.000), *-00035039 ( $10,000) , 0.00019X3* ( no,ooo) . d-00095951 ■** 1. A.-W ,0 SAB MV to mo »u iw*f *0 too OB*, •* «• »0»* 0 st a<**TCV e* w* if»W i,ejfcf*. .p»ir'aisa«sR s£* .pc Mho* J-S1CKV3 .r,'.85S8a' -JX-- r&aoJll^ f.«W* , ausa «BsaaMS8ss-w«i« .<$» ; , ^-c- ’ c .. .. " ~ J 5 - -2- it, anoaos.ora and ...tea*. In *«•*, for the following neoe and pnrpoaoe, namolyt So hold and man. So tho eCd property, and to retan the same In «k. torn in whioh it nor in, except a. hereinafter provided, and to collect «d receive the intere.t, income and proeeed. thereet. She Twetee aal in no event to liable for any loen or deprecation cf or upon eCd property by reason of ouoh retention. The trustee Call, after deducting Cl proper and neoeeeary expense, Pay the entire net incono and intere.t collected and received in each year te the Beneflelary in monthly In. t ailment, on the fimt bueinesa day of oaoh month during the Ufetim. of the Benoflolary, e ammo no lag on the Pir.t day of Hovmobor, 1*«. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if from any alienation thereof by the Bea.fletery, or from any ether cause what- a sever, the net income, or any part thereof,, herein Creeled to be »Cd to the Beneficiary, Call, or but for thi. proviee would, at any time beo<*c payable to, or pae. to or for the benefit cf, a»y other par.on or per.on. ♦ton the Beneficiary* «-» the Benefice right to receive the ewe Call I absolutely oe.ee and determine, and thereafter during her lifetime only ae much of the eaid net laoo*. a. in the uncontrolled dl.cr.tion of the Provident er any Vloe-Weldont of the Sru.toe or it. euooe.ecre, for any tieta being, may in Co eole dl.cratien of auoh !»•«» eeem n-cee.ary for the eupport mi mi^ « *• BenefieU^r, CC1 be paid «er to the Benafieiary or oth.rwie. applied to or for hor export and wintonanc a. each twite. Call any «rplu. of the net I— ao ierfoitod met .0 paid t. th. Beneficiary cr appUed a. af.ro.Cd dull, during the life of the tonoflelary, be paid to Ulna «. ****«. •* ***"“»• *"*> f; ***'- — : ** , &!T*Urt'J»»is* «W?» ' '«*; **»’?«***' «■» *«***'■ *’* **" ^n^»'! ""«*» ” «r'aiy5ir«.? W«r tirtorWro «arin;'tMW «ww’ t»'ce)?v>' spetov'^athLat* ifw *■ •|w» ’c*?* '?<*%. apvyy sw S,ya8? >W.-V «,* ;.;*)i jro/s.B» .nava.if isia or. •.*s 8»#«a «i>tr ;^w*o <>t H& leawl* „ jm possible within the disorotion at the said President or any Vloe- Fro aidant of the Trustoe, It holnfl understood that In no event aro the aald prooeeds to ho re-lnvested In any seourltles not loflally allowed for Inrest- mont of funds of earln£ B banka undo r the law* of the State of How York. Xho party of the sooond Fart hereby aooepts the trust hereby ere¬ cted, an* oorenants that It will fulfil, perform and dlaOher ««“!• ???‘v22”X KITS’ » I SHIS INDENTURE made the QQ ^ day of Ootober, 1925, betweon THOMAS A. EDISON, of Llewellyn Pork, West Orange, Essex County, Now Jersey party of th« First Part, and CENTRAL UNION TRUSS COMPANY OP HEW YORK, hore inaftor raforrod to as the Trustee, party of the Seoond Part, WITNESSETH I WHEREAS the party of the First Part desires to ore a to a trust fund for the use, support and bonefit of WILLIAM L. EDISON, Centerville, referred to as tho Benefioiary, HOW THEREFORE, in oonsideratlon of tho premises and of tho sum of One Dollar, lawful money of the united StateB of Amerioa, to tho party of the First Part in hand paid by tho party of the Seoond Part, at or before jthe ensealing and delivery of those presents, tho roeelpt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the party of the First Part has sold, assigned, transferred and sot 0Thr&*pj.y. these presents does sell, assign, transfer Mi sot over unto tho party of the Seoond Part, its suooessors and assigns, tho following seouritios and assets, namslyi United States Treasury Coupon Bonds, , due Ootobor ,15th, 1947-1952, interest payable Ootobor 15*h and April 15th, Cortifi- oate numbers ?W»0000011 ($100,000), 0-00035037 (110,000), H-OOO35038 I ($10,oJo). E-00101335 ($1,000), of the total par value of $121,000.00, ithe reoeipt of whioh seouritios and asset, is hereby aoknowlodgod by tho party I of the Seoond Part, TO HAVE AND TO HOLD THE SAID PROPERTY TO THE Party of tho Seoond I Part, its suooessors and assigns, in trust, however, for the following usee 'and purposes, namely. lo kola and manage the said property, and to retoln the form In which it no, in, except no korelnaftor provided, and to collect and receive the interent, income and proceeds thorecf. Tke.frustee shall in no event be liable for any loan or depreciation of or upon naid property by reaaon of auck retention, Ike Trustee akoll, after deducting all proper and neoonnary expenses, pay tko entire net income and interent collected and received in oaok year to tko Beneficiary in montkly inatallmenta on tko firat buaineaa day of eack month during the lifetime of the Beneficiary, commencing on the First day of November, 1925. PROVIDED, HOWEVER, that if from any alienation thereof by the Beneficiary, or from any other cause whatsoever, the net income, or any part thereof, herein directed to be paid to the Beneficiary, .hall, or but for this proviso would, at any time become payable to, or pass to cr for the benefit of, any other person or persons than the Beneficiary, then the Beneficiary's right to receive the same shall ab¬ solutely cease and determine, and thereafter during his lifetime only so much of the said net Income as in the uncontrolled discretion of the President or any Vice-President of the Trustee or its successors, for any time being, may in the sow discretion of such Trustee seem necessary for the support and , maintenance of the Benefiolary, shall be paid over to tho Bonefiolary or otherwise applied to or for his support and maintenance as such Trustee shall see fit, any surplus of the net income so forfeited not so paid to the Beneficiary or applied as aforesaid shall, during the life of the Beneficiary, he paid to Mina M. Edison, of Llewellyn Park, West Orange, in the County of. Essex and State of New Jersey, wife of the party of the First Part, or her heirs, executors or administrators. Ujon the death of the Beneficiary the said trust fund shall ho assigns l by the Trustee to suoh por.on. an* in such .haras, intoraat. and proportion, absolutely or in trust a. th« Beneficiary shall, by hi. la.t will *»*■ *««*- mont, designate and appoint, and in default of such appointment the said fund shall he distributed among hi. next of kin a. the .am. shell he determined assorting to the law. of the State of Boor Tork. Shi. agreement of trust 1. irrevocable, an%.the party of the first Part oan at no time hereafter change or modify any of the toms, or provision. tt is further understood an* agreed by and between the parties „ +.hat the oommi.sions of the party of ' of the trust, hereby created are fired at the rate of 4* upon the amount of inoon. collected, to be taken out of the income a. collected, and, upon the principal of the fun* the legal commission, allowable to a trustee under the law. of the State of Hew fork at the present time, namely, 5* .» the first ♦1,000, on the next ♦lO.OOO, and 1* on th. exes, over the first *11.000, .noh commission, on principal to be taken at th. termination of the trust. In the event that the Beneficiary survive, the maturity date of any security or securities forming the corpus of this trust, the President any Vics-Pr.sidsnt of the said Trustee or it. suoos.sor. is to rs-invss* th. proossds in high, st grad, securities of a. n.arly dike name and nature a. may be possible within the discretion of the said President or sny Yi«- P re si dent of the frust.e, it being understood that in no event are the said Jll>°v ««» vs.fjf* tV* »*r» #"»«* ««»4 I‘ ?***-**: ww*. •f.wsW* rw=»* .*»«»» .fTO W*4N> . oi »•«.:' *w"v ' t-ioose^e po po MwjgAoaper/ ptr ccX ononfcfpp^n no* T*S^fJ-- t'TT$i»? -,;oi. yy.itBr- i SILVER LAKE PROCEDURE - Continued (10) Mako proper entries on books, (a) Thomas A. Edison (b) Thomas A. Edison, Ino. (ID Draw checks in favor of Thomas A. Edison making soparato checks for taxes, eto. settlement (12) Rooord deeds • (13) File doeds in Vault Approved: [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] C.S . ) D897X November 4, I925. KSARHY PROCEDURE H. F. Miller, J. V. Miller, Henry Ii0.ne.han, H. U. Eckert. STEPS; ID (2) Analysis to be made of advantages and dis Mr. Edison selling Kearny property to Edi Battery Company. (This was done Ootobe Mr. Thomas A. Edison and Ur. Charles adis (This was done October 31, 1925-) advantages of r 29, 1925) (3) Battery Company to pass the following resolutions: (a) Proposal to Mr. Edison to purchase property from hlra. (b) Upon his acceptance of the proposal, author¬ isation to purchase the samo. J (4) Got out old deeds, etc. (5) Hew deeds to be drawn. (6) Prepare statement of closing. (7) Seouro signatures on deeds. (a) Mr. Thomas A. Edison (b) Mrs. Mina M. Edison (8) Make proper entries on books, (a) Books of Ur. Edison (9) (b) Books of the Battery Company. Battory Company to drc for $98,800 (about), for adjustment of tax* v oheok in favor of Mr. A separate chook is to [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] .) VBdnMV PROCHDURS - Continued (iio) Record deeds. (11) Pile deeds in Vault. CbUJy^ Approved: 9301.X November 5, 1925. EDISON-FORD FBOOSPURE Copies to Messrs. H. P. Hiller J. V. Hiller IY (e) Thomas A. Edison Personal to draw a cheok in favor of ' Edison Storage Battery Company for $602,532.62. Jl (6) pile in Hr. Edison's vault a written account of the " transaction for future reference. Approved: Xdiaoa Stone* Battery Caepaay, Oranfe, >•» Jo'ooy* Under Onto of Bomber 29, 1912. I *“ *lth Heavy p«4. Copy of thin *) "To* ~7~<3U?z- \$cG-c. , j/io- "^a a. ^- PREMIER MILL CORPORATION j Geneva, New York, U. S. A. „ ^ _ ! FIlANEVtl-OPE No . •/••**' CONTENTS Ho . ? „ ■«,.»/»« imam (P«8«»0 | R*™™ TOordT1*0-^ - - 1 Dearborn. Ml oh 1 Kan Contract No. 204 SCHEDULE TYPE MILL NUMBER Heavy-15^ 6013 X X X \ ■ X X - X . „•/ X January 28, 1925. Mr. J. 7. Killer;- I am a ending you, herewith, a letter of Mr. B. O. Llehold, General Secretary to Henry Ford, dated January 21, 1925, attached to which le a contract for a Heavy 15" Ho. 6013 Pranier Mill, such contract being made be¬ tween the Ford Motor Ocmpany and the Pranier Kill Corporation, Geneva, Hew York. This Mill haa been purchased by Mr. Ford, and I understand that it la going to be a present to Mr. Edison. You will see from Hr. Heboid's letter that Mr. Ford also assumes the $150.00 yearly service oharge. 1 think you had better keep this with your other contracts. V. H. Keadowcroft. Ediphoned-C PREMIER MILL CORPORATION COLLOID MILLS GENEVA, N. Y. iv We are herewith enclosing invoice for §150.00 being annual service charge in accordance with your contract for the year April 21, 1927 to April 21, 1928, on your Heavy-15’ Premier Colloid Mill which was shipped to you on April 21, 1925. Very truly yours, PREMIER MILL CORPORATION [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] ( COPY ) PREMIER MILL CORPORATION Geneva, New Yorlc. COLLOID MILLS. Purchaser THOMAS A. EDISON ORANGE, NE’.V JERSEY. flatn of shipment 1927. April 21st - o annual Service Chare® cn yourH9avy-15''Promi6j Colloid Mill for one year April 21, 1927 to prll Total $-150.00 Verbal Orders Dont Go! (WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE CHANCES ON FAULTY MEMORIES) /W. W. 2443 fax* iA . ^ A" Z&. fjustsuu'u^ ‘h'Ju/ /al) _ /?d /p A M _ Hotary Public for state of Hew Jersey (4 ^ (copy) L I C E H S E MOW ALL HEH BY THESE PRESEHTS . That, for value I received, I, THOMAS A. EDISOH, of the Town of West Orange, I county of Essex. State of Hew Jersey, United States of AmerioJ Love granted and do hereby grant to EDISOH STORAGE BATTERY COMBAHY, a Hew Jersey oorporoti on having its principal office in the Town of West Orange, County of Essex, State of Hew jersey. United states of America, its successors and assigns. L non-exoluslve right to make, use and sell the invention of German Patent Ho. 203,284. ausgegeben den 7 Oktober, 1908, and patented from January 8, 1908. and entitled ELBETRISCHBR 3AUMLER MIT ALKALI30HEM SLEKTROLYTEH UHD K ICKEL3AUER3T0PP- VERBIHDUHGEH, throughout the life of said potent and any and j all extensions thereof. Witness my hand and seal this 30th day of January, I in the Presence of: Henry Lanahan Thos. A. Edison 1 STATE OF HEW JERSEY ) s as.: COOTTY OP ESSEX ) On this first Say of February, 1926, before me personally appeared THOMAS A. EDISON, to me per¬ sonally known and known by me to be the person described in and who exeouted the foregoing instrument, and he Bcknow lodged to me that he executed the Bame as and for the pur¬ poses therein set forth. _ /fta/j? A A/ A // H. J .Thompson 2412 W.O. Jacobs BOO 3M30B PORTLAKD 0BM3HT STOCK .- COMMON lOont1 d), Polio Amount . Data _ Item - Share a. - tDedaar »9. Pol. 52 l.L.) 420 - 2,415,096.31^ Hay 31, 1911 3lft A/0 1000 19 1.00 Ang 31, " 81ft A/0 40 279 1.00 f Loose leaf ledger - g.A.E»Prlvate) - 2 363,098.31 Jan.14, 1920 By Reorganization 150.00 @6.25 per share-Bfc 172,00 Val.i27.8372 1.500.00 84890 ahB-Haw Val.6.1 3.00 Ang. 30, 1924 B.P.0.0o. 500.00 3.00 Apr. 3,769.60 a below 12/31) 3,912.40 Theo.M.Sdiaon Jfr.lot piroh.fr. Mrs. Thompson Apr.l. do h hd. JLm. - Ltd 1 LA4* - _ , /W>->2=. - — 3 l U- Al_ H- 'h£>— 4a&Lt***g— - - -~-j - - — AfXau^i^i - - — - - ■ - _ * - *==Jlfa - - - " — Vimrtf 4,^ ,fL%//<0£uA 3/ - - 3 ' J/ - V;-..i7> _ JLt- tjjt. R sSLi^fey fK-jiSjpAi-Z? — - - — i Av - 3 - -r— 7 - - j£ |fJ, / /....* l\..\ ...^ lASi iMM&A — - — 7 W ^ - £lM~y9 _ _ — — - - - — 1 _ - — -£L - r— — • E/ SWZ- - ^ . _ _1. />, p / 7M~ /->i/>- - _ — - ® «"• 4^=-*— - - - — — Approved as to form and execution. - pg^f^'^tiorney-Generai. Thomcu. A- feo/ lAon g.f- aA-\ Stntc a£ Hew* SDceacn Dated. 7;l - — State Highway Route No : -I County _M.iclcl.ls.seX ......... : Township Jfax-'Vf»n . ' STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION ; Trenton, NfW Jersey 1 ■ ■ v ■ ; : ■■■:•■ ' 'FILE ENVELOPE No. , • CONTENTS No . .’. . . ir?. 1 ; ’ V v TtjoiiXs;V ^0'spH . _ k. _ _ Route #1, sections #33 & 2A, 8tat towr is4 + 40 (sec. IB) to | iprra TTHBHTURB. made' ^he 27th lay of August, In the year of our lord, one Thousand Hlne Hundred and Iwenty-SU, I between Thomas A. Edison, of west orange, H. J.. Marlon Edison oser, of Horwalk, oonneotlout, Thomas A. Edison, Jr. ana Beatrice Edison, his wife, of orange, H. J., and. William 1. S Edison and Blanche Edison, his wife, of Wilmington, Belaware, j of the first part, said Marion Ediscm oser, Thomas A. Edison, !| jri and william E. Edison being the heirs at law of Mary j Edison, deceased, and said Thomas A. Edison having been the | husband of said Mary Edison, AHD the State of Hew Jersey, of the second part, T/ITHESSETH that the sold parties of the first part, !| in oonside ration of the sum of One Dollar ($1.00) lawful money | of the united states of Amerloa, to them In hand paid at or | before the ensealing and delivery of these presents by the sai.d | party of the second part, the receipt whereof is hereby ac- . knowledge!, and other valuable consideration, have given and granted, and by these presents do give and grant unto the said 1 party of the second part and unto Its suooessors and assigns | the nght, liberty and privilege to form ana maintain slopes ! ln excavation and embankment, for the purpose of widening the existing highway, over and across all that certain lot, tract j or parcel of land and premises, situate, lying and being In | the Township of Raritan, in the County of Middlesex, and Statj j of Hew Jersey, end more particularly described as follows: Parcel #3, as shown on a map hereto attaohed, being I all that land now owned or controlled by the grantors that -1- „ 8-P°* d + 30' (2go» ST) STV” * la”' re> f,,‘ lies between the center line of Manlo Park • Rahway Road, alao] designated aa State Highway Route #1, seotiona #1B and ZA, aa aald oenter line la laid down on certain plana for the improvej nent of. tho aald road duly adopted and approved by the state Highway oonmlaalon, which maps are on file In the office of the said state Highway oonmlaalon, and certain line a running parallel to aald oenter line dlatant forty-aflve (4B) feet northweaterly therefrom, extending from station 124+40 of seotlon #1b at sellwood Road to station 7+00 of section #2A and land now or formerly of Fred peinsj aald lend a being a portion of the land and premises described in a deed from Am H, Qarmau ana aelanothon I. carman, her husband to Mary Bdison| fdated May 5, 1880 and reoorded in the office of the clerk of Middle box county, June 7, 1880, In Book 181 of Deeds, page 219 j L>. SO HATE ABD 10 HOLD, all and singular, the above mentioned and described rights and privileges, unto the said iparty of the second part, Its suooesasors and assigns to the only proper use, benefit and behoof of the said party of the second part, Its successors and assigns, as aforesaid, THIS (BUHI is made on the express condition that the abote described premises ahall be used only for the speolfj io highway purpose a specified herein and that upon the vacation and abandonment of any each highway constructed thereon or upon the changing of the relative elevations of the adjacent land to the highway or upon oaualng any other ohonges that will eliminate the desirability or neoeaslty for the apeolflo rights, then all such rights and prevllegea hereby granted ahall revert to the grantors herein, their hairs and assigns, and the grant of the speoiflo rights and privileges which may no longer be required for highway puipoees shall thereupon jbeoome absolutely null and void* inj»T DEPT ROUTE 1 SECTION 2A&IB EASEMENT TO BE ACQUIRED FROM MARY EDISON RARITAN TOWNSHIP MIDDLESEX COUNTY SCALE 1'=^0’ MARCH 1926 . - • i:sr , XMl£jU~-- (Ho n^ZZ + il— 10011—7*261 tS £■ Route #1, Sections IB & 2A STATE OF NEW JERSEY STATE HIGHWAY COMMISSION TRENTON Julius J. Newmark/HB March 2, 1928 VAX' * - » WjU 'loo CU . L14|3 'Id _ -tV?a. - - . 3.4^ C/^lL«A^» _ W^fgrrtt \X CkiM** *A XjQ. "Sb^a ...QAJtjQ^ ■ . . .^ . %-£? _ _ - ykc<-trt*-tfe|*:ja uwyj’i-'.l £uk«. _ . - __ {jS>bAs±K-^ Verbal Orders Dont Go! (WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE CHANCES ON FAULTY MEMORIES) . m 1684 «s£» ^ - xz&zti - Mu.. » t^Ucct- yccvr* eu> dy tlCit-u. - /.e. /jVe l£ £mA W»y Funotiom T • A. Edison, Private Memo. l!-663 Bate Fell. 10, 1927 To Mr. Thomas A, Edison From J. V. Killer Hej Financing - Trust, Gift & Sales Complying with your request Mr. Allen and I, with the general approval of Charles Edison, have consulted with the officers of the Central Union Trust Co. and submit following report and suggestions: (1) $100,000. Trust fund for eaoh - Madeleine E. Sloane, Charles Edison and Theodore U. Edison. Trust Co. advises that bonds be converted to coupon bonds and be changed into Treasury Bonds, as these run for 14 to 20 yearB longer than the "Liberties" you now hold. They consider longer life a great advantage. In order to do this you will sell All 2nd Conv. 4is $ 2,550. Par G 100.06 - " 3rd 4§s 34,500. » 101.31 and 4th 4|s 280,000. » 103.69 However, by doing this you will realize a taxable profit of $4,634. 2,678.00 Inolud- 35,563.00 ing interest and purchase ■Treasury Bonds 4$ 1947-52 $300,000. less tjioaa you hold 298,400. ® 110.97 $ making up difference from your oaBl Inolud- A oo py of the proposed form of Trust is herewith submitted. (2) Gift to Charles Edison and Theodore M. Edison of 1,600 shares, eaoh. of T. A. E. Ino. stodk. Merely necessary to make transfer on books. Bividends next due - Maroh 15th - to be paid Mr. Thomas A. Edison (3) Sale of your present holdings of railroad bonds - Propose to sell these to T. A. Edison, Ino. receiving in return liberty Bonds. Ton will realize a loss of some $23,000.|jnterest accrued to date of sale to be retained by you. Now in order to carry out these transfers it is necessary for you to go- to Bank and get from your "Box" the securities, and I Ms attaching a list showing what securities are required. Added to the list are items which should be taken care of also when you are at bank. When these securities are available then same will have to be endorsed and transfers made . Will you kindly approve, therefore, these arrangements and let Mr. Harry F. Miller get the securities. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] LIST OF SECURITIES TO GET FROM SAFE DEPOSIT BOX BY MR. EDISON ARP H. F. MILLER RAILROAD BONDS All Laics Shore & Mioh. So. Worth. Pacific H. Y. 0. & H. R. R. Union Paoiflo West Shore 10,000 1,000 73,000 9,000 45.000 138,000. T. A. E. INC. STOOC Nos. 18 2,000 shares U. S. BONDS 2nd Liberty all 2,650. 3rd n n 34,500. 4th " Purohase since at above par 9/28/26° S5(HS 101 31/32 10/ 9/25 40 102 7/32 2/ 2/26 60 102.103 5 102.192 6, 102.161 5 102.192 7/12/26 20 102 28/32 7/13/26 20 102 20/32 9/29/26 25 102 2/32 26 102 1/32 10/27/26 25 102 16/32 50,981. 40,887. 61,261 5,109 5.108 5.109 20,575 20,525 25,515 25,508 286,203 Treasury 4£' s 1947-52 1,600, [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] l Si. 00 OROPP Gulf & Atlantic Steamship Co. American Newsboy Company Australasian light A Power Co. Ordinary tl n >• " Referred Edison Telephone Company Edison Swan Concentrating Co. Edison Ore Milling Co. ltd. Edison Spanish light Co. Edison Saunders Compressed Air Co. New York Concentrating Works New York Concentrating Works N. J. A Penna Concentrating Works Schultz Hotel Company New Bunderland Co. ltd. Also the following A. B. Ino. all A. E. Ino. 10 shares 128,947 " (total) p. 0. Co. Preferred Sold to T. A. E. Ino. Taking fl nnt»n hnokwnrrte-f 2,666 18/7/86- This oo vers 2,656 shares and five over [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] Also put Into box Liberty Bonds recently purchased if any (COW) £ 7frr. This INDENTURE made the 11th day of February 1927 between Thoms A. Edison, of Llewellyn Park, West Oraige, Essex County, New Jersey, party of the First Part, and CENTRAL UNION TRUST COMPANY of NEW YORK, hereinafter referred to as the Trustee, party of the Second Part WITtESSETH: WHEREAS the party of the First Part deBires to create a trust fund for the use, support and benefit of Charles Edison, Llewellyn Park, West Oraige, in the County of Essex and State of New Jersey, hereinafter referred to as the Benefioiaryj- NOW THEREFORE, in consideration of the premises and of the sum of One Dollar, lawful money of the United States of Africa, to the party of the First Part in hand paid by the party of the Seoond Part, at or before the ensealing arri delivery of these presents, the receipt whereof is hereby acknowledged, the party of the First Part has sold, assigned, transferred and set over, and by these presents does sell, assign, transfer and set over unto the party of the Seoond Part, its successors and assigns, the following securities and assets, namely; of the total par value of $100,000.00, the receipt of which securities and assets is hereby acknowledged by the party of the Second Part; TO HAVE AND TO nOLD said property to the party of the Seoond Part, its successors and assigns, in trust, however, for the following uses and purposes, namely; To hold and manage the said property, and to retain the Bane in the form in which it now is, except as hereinafter provided, and to collect and receive the interest, inoorn and prooeeds thereof. The Trustee shall in no event be liable for any loss or depreciation of or upon said property by reason of such retention. The Trustee shall, after deducting all prope^a^ (2) necessary expenses, pay the entire not income and interest collected and received in each year to the Beneficiary in Semi-annual or quarterly interest dates of the holds, hereby placed in trust, during the lifetinB of the Benefioiary. Provided, honovor, that if from any alienation thereof by the Benefioiary, or from any other cause whatsoever, the net income., or any part thereof, herein directed to be paid to the Beneficiary, shall, or but for this proviso would, at any time beoome payable to, or pass to or for the benefit of, any other person or persons than the beneficiary, then the Beneficiary's right to receive the same shall absolutely cease aid determine; and thereafter during His lifetime only so rauoh of the said net income as in the uncontrolled discretion of the President or any Vice-President of the Trustee or its successors, for any tune being, my in the sole discretion of such Trustee seem necessary for the support and maintenarce of the Benefioiary, shall be paid over to. the Beneficiary or otherwise applied to or for hie support and maint enanceas such Trustee shall see fit; any surplus of the net income so forfeited not so paid to the Beneficiary or applied as aforesaid shall, during the life of the beneficiary, be paid to Mina M. Edison, of Llewellyn Parte, West Orange, in the County of Essex and the State of Hew Jersey, wife of the party of the- First Part, of her heirs, executors or administrators. Upon the death of the Benefioiary the said trust fund shall be assigned by the Trustee to such persona and in such shares, interests and proportions absolutely or in trust as the Beiefiolary -.all, hy his last will and testament, designate and appoint, and in default of such appointment the said fund shall be distributed among his next of kin as the same shall be determined according to the laws of the State of New York. This agreement of trust is irrevocable, and the party of the First Part can at no tine hereafter change of modify any of the terms or provisions thereof. (3) It is further understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that the comnissions of the party of the Second Part for the execution of the trusts hereby created are fixed at the rate of 2^f upon the amount of imome collected, to be taken out of the income as collected, aid, upon the principal of the fund the legal commissions allowable to a Trustee under the laws of the State of Hew York at the present time, namely; 55? on the first $1,000; 2-fcS on the next $10,000, and if on the excess over the first $11,000, such coranissions on principal to be taken at the termination of the trust. In the event that the Beneficiary survives the maturity date of any security or securities forming the corpus of this trust, the President or any Vice-President of the said Trustee or its successors is to re-invest the proceeds in highest grade securities of as nearly like name and nature as may be possible within the discretion. of the said President or any Vice-President of the Trustee, it being understood that in no event are the said proceeds to be re-invested in any securities not legally allowed for investment of funds of savings banks under the laws of the state of Hew York. The party of the Second Part here by accepts the trust hereby created, and covenants that it will fulfil, perform and discharge all the duties of its office as suoh Trustee. IH WITNESS HEREOF, the tarty of the Hirst Part has Bet his hand and seal to these presents in duplicate, am the party of the Second Part has caused these presents in duplicate, as aforesaid, to be signed by its Vioe-PreBi^ and attested by its -Assistant Secretary, and its corporate Beal t affixed the day and year first above written. SIGHED, SEALED AND DELIVERED in the Presence of Very Orders Doti Go! (WE CANNOT AFFORD TO TAKE CHANCES ON FAULTY MEMORIES) - ~ V-1 . 1686, ,cCT.or^.= - -DATE~^^..-Z^.1g^-- ORD. BY. - - - - (£L vCtrt - M^C iM 7^ Addition for West Grove Planing Kill in excess of Ihe Black Planing Kill, as estimated 258.0 Additional cost of excavating in the winter time - . llS7, Deductions _ . Use oak door sills in place of stone Change brick floor in basement work room to cement Omit plaster in wo?k room Change copper gutters to tin and lead pans over door and window frames to copper Change to pine floors _ $20,060.00 make an allowance in the amount of #80.00. We are enclosing herewith four copies of the agreement signed by Mr. Hutchison, and if you find it satisfactory, will you please have Mr. Edison's signature attached, also witnessed, and return three copies to us. I am also sending you the original contract drawings and the original specifications for Mr. Edison's signature. Will you please note the attached addenda. With kindest regards, I am Yours very truly. /£> o&u. rbo/r P. S. We have the exterior three-quarter details and the accompanying full sizes practically completed and ready for your approval. ' - <9-z£ca / L - _”Sc6- ConWagh ’'Tcumc* >A/- Mo*u*. Ue. yiri&i^rtj fc*-, - '&J- )7t /<]2. 7 jy/t' ” T«:EEt;ya-0?tt'»p;’-^ -coinans no. •.••••• •••*'"* THIS AGREEMENT made the /7~Say of February one thousand nine hundred and twenty-seven, by and between JAMES H. HUTCHISON, of Newark, Delaware, party of the first part (hereinafter designated as Contractor), and THOMAS A. EDISON, of Orange, New Jersey, party of the seoond part (hereinafter designated as Owner). WITNESSETH, That the Contractor, In consideration of the agreements herein made by the Owner, agrees with the said Owner as follows:- Artiole 1. The Contractor shall and will provide all the materials and perform all the work for the erection and completion of a concrete block and stone house in Villmlngton, Newcastle County, Delaware, as shown on the drawings and described In the specifications prepared by R. Brognard Okie, Architect, which drawings and specifications are identified by the signatures of the parties hereto, and become hereby a part of this contract. Article 2. It is understood end agreed by and between the parties hereto that the work included In this contract Is to be done to the satisfaction of the said Architect, and that his decision as to the true construction and meaning of the drawings and specifications shall be final. It Is also understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that such additional drawings and explanations as may be necessary to detail and illustrate the work to be done are to be furnished by said Architect, and they agree to confotm to and abide by the same so far as they may be consistent with the purpose and intent of the original drawings and specifications referred to In Article 1. It is further understood and agreed by and between the parties hereto that any and all drawings and specifications prepared for the purposes of this contract by the said Architect are and remain his property, and that all oharges for the use of the same, and for the services and expenses of said Architect, are to be paid by the said Owner. Article 3. No alterations shall be made In the work except upon written order of the Architect. Artlole 4. The Contractor shall provide sufficient, safe and proper facilities at all times for the Inspection and supervision of the work by the Architect or his authorized representative, and shall within twenty-four houfcs after receiving written notice from the Architect to that effect, proceed to remove from tho grounds or building, all the materials condemned by the said Architect, whether worked or unworked, and to take down all portions of the work which the Architect shall by like written notice condemn as unsound or Improper, or ns In any way falling to conform to the drawings and specifications and this contract, and shall make good all work damaged or destroyed thereby. 'ftie Contractor shall so arrange and conduct his work that the house may be completed and ready for the Owner's occupancy, August 1, 1927. Article 5. Should the Contractor at any time refuse or neglect to supply a sufficiency of properly skilled workmen, or materials of the proper quality, or fall in any respect to prosecute the work with promptness and diligence, or fall In the performance of any of tho agreements herein contained, such refusal, neglect or failure being certified by the Architect, the Owner shall be at liberty after three days' written notloe to the Contractor delivered at his place of business or personally served upon him, to terminate by himself or his duly authorized Agent the employment of the Contraotor for the Bald work and to take possession for the purpose of completing the work under this oontraot, of all materials, tools and appliances upon the premises, -2- and to employ any other person or persons to finish the work or any part thereof, and to provide the materials therefor; and in ease of suoh discontinuance of the employment of the Contractor, ho shall he entitled to receive only suoh proportion of the contract cost of the ■building hereinafter specified as the Architect certlfleffils due him. Article 6. It Is understood and agreed that in the event that the said building Is not completed on the date Indicated in Article 4 , the Contractor shall pay to the Owner, who agrees to accept as compensation for inconvenience caused by said delay, the sum oJ fifteen dollars ($15.00) for each day employed by the Contractor in excess of the date above mentioned In the completion of said building; the said sum so paid as such compensation, to be treated as liquidated damages and not as a penalty for said delay. It is further understood and agreed that in the event that the said building is completed before the date Indicated in Article 4, the Owner shall pay to the Contractor, who agrees to accept as a bonus, the sum of fifteen dollars ($15.00) per day for suoh number of days as he shall precede the date of July 1st, 1927, in the completion of oaid building. Artlole 7. Should the Contractor be delayed in the prosecution or completion of the work by the act, neglect or default of the Owner, or the Architect, or by damage caused by fire or other casualty for whlhtt the Contractor is not responsible, or by combined aotlon of workmen in no wise oaused by or resulting from default or collusion on the part of the Contractor then the time herein fixed for the completion of the work shall be extended for a period equivalent to the time necessarily lost by any or all the causes aforesaid, which extended period shall be determined and fixed by the Architect; but no Buoh allowance shall be made unless a olaim therefor is presented in writing to the Architect within forty-eight hours of the occurrence of such delay, and is aooepted by the Architect in writing-. Artlole 8. It Is hereby mutually agreed between the parties hereto that the sum to bo paid by the Owner to the Contractor for hlB services, as Contractor, Including all labor and material, as per the accompanying plane and specifications, shall be Twenty Thousand Sixty Dollars ($20,060.00), and for this lump sum paid, the Contractor will faithfully perform all duties of a general contractor as necessary for the entire completion of the work as Indicated on the accompanying plans, specifications, details and Instructions of the Architect. This total sum is to be paid to the Contractor in monthly payments equaling 85# of the work done. The monthly payments shall be made on presentation of certificates Issued by the Architect, whose decision as to the cost of the work done shall be final and binding on all parties to this contract. • The final payment shall be made within thirty (30) days after the completion of the work Included in this contract, and all payments shall be due when certificates for the same are issued^ PROVIDE), however. nished an£p&$|g .fflMP iffitutfTy 'agFSM Wfireffi’ffie-pSrGMs hereto that no certificate given or payment made under this contract, except the final certificate or final payment, shall be evidence of the performance of this contract either in whole or In part, and that no payment shall be construed to be an aooeptanoe of defective work or improper materials. Artlole 10. The Owner will place the fire and tornado insurance on the building through his Insurance broker and covering the interest which he has acquired in the building as well as the interest of the Contractor. The cost of the insurance is to be equally divided between Owner and Contractor. The Contractor Is to notify the Onner through the Architect at the beginning of each month as to the amount of insurance that should be oarrled on the building In order to proteot the Contractor's Interest. Artlole 11. In ease either the Owner or the Contractor shall dissent from the decision of the Architect referred to In Artlole 7 of this oontraot whloh dissent shall have been filed In writing with the Architect within ten days of the announcement of such decision, then the matter shall be referred to a Board of Arbitration to consist of one person selected by the Owner and one person selected by the Contractor and a third person to be selected by the two arbitrators first named, lhe decision of any two of this Board shall be final and binding on both parties hereto. Each party hereto shall pay one-half of the expense of suoh reference. Ihe Owner reserves the privilege to annul this contract In the event of any breach of the foregoing covenant. Hie Contractor shall hold the Owner harmless against all loss or damage to life, limb or property that may happen or arise from any operation under this Contract. me said parties for themselves, their heirs, executors, administrators and assigns, do hereby agree to the full performance of the covenants herein contained. IN WITNESS WHEREOF, the parties to those presents have hereunder set their hands and seals, the and year first above mentioned. ( / / _ _ In the presenoe ofs UPZ. /?. (A/Gi^QCTVl - (SEAL) to‘/uLstst'y.O' L'Ofl- <>/•**> (( JUL23 71 JS&CnAst'UG/ %*** (/\M~vJ^^ OJ/Crv^ Ac ^-l^\A^&--L—tx^. ^/vl- ') -V ^ ^^6^g /3 ^ $3ss*-c°'ic/^- , -p fQ'/^trutlA/ #lsv\*L MsJLfcwZj £?(jL & - - "’” |Vp/^ y 'djL^o sC*> ~t/^ ^4- c^fr^to >2-0 "A* ^ajef >E^P “f*1* 0M* Hl ~U&, *&- /oz^^. ' dk>- <^t*A *> ^ ^C«JC0.^ 73 -C-*. »W ^ "f*-CLtr»r*j- -yf TtU*br~ V/JTboor yS ’ -j4^C< /-*-* *' /✓? o-»» -r?s' __ pjfij7 0-m _ . . . . . . CP I _ U)'vtlj\.^-rVLcCc/l \j‘/?c / / A<2- ✓L-^? yl-tf-QC* O' V'-=> — ^di/vuv U' }''fa'LC'C(, A^S LA^tLo ^7-^5 r^A-CtfL J2~ V. ^v- ^ - ^ y iJ^ €^J7friro ojj f^\ SQ^tst'iAs-^ to tdj^j sd^\ XvS. Ut\^f -W't eA/h&K jr &"tt{ w cl/> urfc "• - (.vS. UWf w;f ^ 3C ^ J Za^~ irzdU^ &^ .? /h'U^d ^ *d~ f /)/lsi i <2ft • 2^, I^-e^ <&— / -' XActb*- &- oW**~ cr^> ££&W JUL 2 3 27 ^ -^Lu ^ UlXC^f^^ tliy — - -- ^ / ( o^-uScA^^, A^-"2^' OERTIPIOATE 0? IHGORPORATIOH * of BBXSOU B OT AH 10 RESEARCH CCSPORATIOH This is to certify that we, Charles Edison, John V. Miller and Ralph . H. Allen do Hereby assoolate ourselves Into a corporation under and by virtue of the provisions of an act of the legislature of the state of Hew jersey entitled "AH Ad Concerning corporations (Revision of 1896)" and the several supplements thereto and acts amendatory thereof, and do severally agree to take the number of shares of capital stock set opposite our respective names. I ARTICLE Z. The name of the corporation Is Edison Botanic Research Corporation. ARTICLE II. The location of the principal office In this State Is at Edison laboratory, corner of Main Street and lakeside Avenue, In the Town of West orange and county of Essex. The nan* of the agent therein and In charge thereof, upon whom process against this corporation may be Berved,. 1b John T. Miller. ARTICLE III. The following are the objects for which the corporation Is fornnd and ifclch shall be considered as powers as well aB objeota: To carry on and conduct any and all experimental and reaeat^ work and an^ana-a^Wness- as, manufacturers, pro¬ ducers, merchants, wholesale and retail, importers and ex¬ porters, generally without restriction as to class of product and merchandise, and particularly to carry on and conduct experimental and reae^h.work relating to the production of rubber fro* *ibherproduoln.g forms of vegetation, and to pro¬ duce, manufacture,;^ 'aell, import, export and otherwise deal in and with rubber and products formed In whole or in part of rubber andriibber producing forma of vegetation. To manufacture, purohaae bind otherwlae acquire go ode, ware a, merohandiae and personal.' property of every oIsbb and description, and hold, own, sell, leaae and otherwise dispose of, trade, and deal in and with the same. To aoqulre in any lawful manner the good will, property, rights, franchise b and assets of every hind of any person, firm, assooiation or corporation, either wholly or partJs and pay for the same ln.oash, stooks or bonds of this corporation, or otherwise. To such extent as is permissible by law to hold, purohaae end otherwise acquire, to sell, assign, transfer, mortgage, pledge and otherwise dispose of shares of the oapital stook, bonds, debentures and other evidenoes of indebtedness created by other corporation or corporations, and, while the holder thereof, to exercise all the rights and privileges of owner¬ ship, including the right to vote thereon. To apply for, obtain, register, purchase, lease and I otherwise to acquire, and to hold, use, own, operate and in¬ troduce, grant lloenses under, and to sell, assign, and other¬ wise dispose of any and all trade-marks, trade names, patents, inventions, improvements and processes used in connection wlti or secured under letters Patent of the united States and of all other countries, and otherwise to use, exercise, develop, grant licenses in reapeot of, and otherwise turn to account any such trade-marks, patents, inventions, improvements, licenses, processes and the like, or any Buoh property or rights. To purohaae or otherwise acquire, lease, sell, dispose of, and deal in raaijand personal property of all kinds and in particular, ladda. ^uildingsAbusinesB o (noons, undejv takings, mortgages, shares, stocks, debentures, securities, V:", h -8- oonoe salons, produce, policies, took debt a end claims, and any nterest In real or peraonal property and any oHdrna against ,uoh property or againat any person, firm, association or cor- f ration, and to carry on any business the corporation so quires, provided it is of the kind herein provided for. To enter into, make, perform and carry out contracts of «ry kind and for any lawful purpose pertaining to the Liness herein provided for with any person, firm, associa¬ tion or corporation. So issue bonds, debentures and other obligations of the corporation from time to time for any of the objects or pur-, loses Of the corporation, and to secure the same by mortgage, pledge, deed of trust and otherwise. So purchase, hold and reissue the shares of its capital stock. i ,o u id»t am la tb. meaner uralttM by loom u™». oondaot bosln.eB In any o t tb. Bt.t.n, terrltorler, terri¬ torial poseeaslooB onl l.pimmole. of *. unite* 1. L plat riot of Oolmbl. ml IB «*.-* H “”,rl,S* L bnr. on. or of floor tb.rel», oof « »"la- L». mortgage and oo.roy r.m .04 P«.o«al !■•»»*>• ! IB general, to lo all anl .r.rytblng n.o.B.ory, •«»*1* L pxo pa r « tho aoo— pllabnant of my «f «b. »“■»•» " «“ l„.ln..nt of .ny on. or »ro of tie obj.ot. b.r.ln enon.r.t.l L to bnve HI tb. p.-r. omf.rr.1 by tb. 1... of tb. st.t. jrt Jere.y npon oorpor.tlon. fom.l nni.r tb. lot bor.ln »f erred to. ,b. foregoing .nn»r.tlo. of .molflo poner. abnll not b.11 to ll.lt or r.strlot In any mnnor tb. p.»r. of lb. oorporatlon. r 1 ARTICLE IV. i! Iha total authorized capital stook of this corporation a Seventy-Five Thousand Dollars (*75,000), divided into even Hundred and Fifty (760) shares of common stock of the pai alui of One Hundred Dollars ($100) eaoh. AHTIOLB V. ' The names and post office addresses of the incorporators md the number of shares subscribed for by eaoh, the aggregate ,f which. One Thousand Dollars (|1.000), is the amount of capital b to ok with whloh this Company will oommenoe business, ! ere as follows: f„ma Post of floe Address Humber of Shares Charles Edison WestQrange , H. J. J John V. Miller South Orange, H. 3. l Balph H. Allen Orange, H. 3. ARTICLE VI. The period of existence of this corporation is unlimited; ARTICLE VIT. in furtherance, and not in limitation, of the powers conferred by statute, the Board of Directors are expressly authorised: To hold their meetings, to have one or more offloes and to keep the books of the corporation, within or without the state of Hew Jersey, at such offices as any be from time L time designated by ihem; exoept that as required by law Le stock and transfer books of the corporation shall be kept at its registered offioe in Hew Jersey. To fix the amount to be reserved as working oapltal. to fix the times for the declaration and payment of dividends, to authorize and cause to be executed mortgages and liens upon the real and personal properly of the corporation; pro¬ vided always, that a majority of the whole Board ooncnr 1 therein.. ■ ' • «ltt «h. ....Sattftv.rl ,«%, — P»—» *° *M .« a “/sl •* *7 j 1 - - l otherwise dispose of the property of the corporation as an entirety; provided always, that a majority of the whole1 Board oonour therein. Subject always to by-laws made hy the stockholders, the Board of Bireotors may make by-laws, and, from time to time, may alter, amend or repeal any by-laws; but any by-law made by the Board of Bireotors may be altered or repealed by the stockholders at any annual meeting, or at' any speoial meeting, provided notioe of suoh proposed alteration or repeal be in¬ cluded in the notioe of the meeting. She corporation may use and apply its surplus earnings or aooumulated profits for the purpose of the acquisition of property and for the purpose of the acquisition of its own oapltal stook from time to time to suoh extent and in suoh. manner and upon Buoh terms as its Board of Bireotors eh all de¬ termine, and neither the property nor the oapit al stook so purohased and aoquired shell be regarded as profits for the purpose of the declaration or payment of dividends, unless otherwise determined by a majority of the Board of Bireotors. Subjeot to the foregoing provisions, the by-laws may provide Ihe number of dlreotors to constitute a quorum at their meeting?, end suoh number may be less than the majority of the whole number. She corporation reserves the rlgit to amend, alter, change, or appeal any provision contained in thiB certificate in the manner now or hereafter prescribed by statute for the amendment of the certificate of incorporation. IH WITHES3 WHERBOB, we have hereunto set our hands and seals the ^ 8 clay of July, 1987. _L.b l£foru£fe$. /K u 3 f I STATE 0 y SEW JERSEY ) ^ . OOUHTY OF ESSEX i ■ygCt. BE: IT HEMBMBERED thBt on this day of . A. D., 1987, *«*oro me. a Hotary Public of tbe State of Hew Jersey, personally appeared OharleB EdlBon, John 7. Miller and Ralph E. Allen, to me known to be oertain of the persons named in and who executed the foregoing certificate, and I having made known to them the contents thereof, they did acknowledge that they signed, sealed and delivered the same as their voluntary act and deed and for the jtses and purposes therein expressed. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] /ft) ... \Mo£et -iMcZZity 'M+CoUsi'O — . . . . .£Llc. - - . - n a. i.oLo **&-*<- . /' _ -' • -' _ i _ ... . . _. _ _ X* . .$ . .^OLtZot*^..—. - - . ... - - /V. f< — . . . . . . . . pr^..y . _ .._■ - 40 #*■* - . . - ---- . *u. _ .rrr.. _ _ — . - . . . ----- .1^ *• . - . _ v&e^v .7 _ _.. _ : - . . . . 0Xro«/.j .. - 30 - - -C%) Tudi. y*-'*' l?J ...(6 ) . . i^utu.. • Jhovvd-A~ #. ¥W«d *__£_ _l23!©~el<&. . . . »‘ _.^£, _ _ _ ... OJA***'- - . .7". '-vvLUtv/ . ._.... V _ «_ _ tAty—'L&t- m. . ... [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] o :.) _ . — <2. c*Si^6^ - /r cUjC _ ^/nZZ 6*. _ £w$ — s(ciA^ — y^tZUca/ - - - - - - — - - - WTHTTTRH OP SHE PIR3T MKEIIHO OP SEE IB CORPORATORS OP BDISOH BOTAHIC RESBAROH CQREORATIOB The first meeting of the lnoorporstora of Edison Botanio Eosearoh^oxTofltlon! a forporation tf tto State of Hew Jersey, was ^t^reglst^office'o? & cl^tW. l^Agto«r> pnTsnant^toaanwrlttenwalvai^of^notloeBBlgnedSby0alXSthe inoorporal | tors fixing the Bald time end place. She following incorporators were present_in person, aaoh holding the number of shares set opposite his name. Boses Ho. of Shares Charles Edison 1 John V. Miller d S Ralph H. Allen 8 Mr. Charles Edison was chosen chairman and Mr. Ralph H, Allen was appointed secretary of the meeting. The secretary presented and read a waiver of notice of the meeting, signed by all of the inoorporators. The Chairman reported that the Certificate of incorporation ;^L“:sh5rros&rt.s“i.ns ssr«.tt *ta- The secretary presented the low the *egu- latlon of the affairs of the corporation, which were read article by artlole and unanimously adopted. BY - LAWS BBiaOH BOTAHIO HS3EAR0H CORPORA! IOB The secretary presented and read the following Transfer of Subscription. ■rauifflSR OF gUBBORimW .fSft.giS"'*? AJ-.SS* S”™Sl»S^.Sli‘-.«S g «; «*•«“>»“"“ 0,11 ”U1 th'lr successors are elected and ijuallfle . ««« sra? all of the Incorporators. o» ».i.. **--“»* r.'sxss.t1 i ?i8$rw3K*MS&” «“£ «<** •* I On motion duly made and aeoondedandby unanimous affirms- tlve vote ,°tho follow lng resolution was adopted: RESOLVED, that the 3o erd of Dlreotora he aid they hereby are authorized to Issue shares of the ospital stock of this oor- po ration to the full amount authorized by the Oertlfloate of inooip oration. In suoh amounts from time to time as shall he de¬ termined upon by the' Board, and as may ho pe rmitted by-law, and in their discretion to aooept In full or part payment . share or shares, suoh property as the Board may determine sholl he necessary for the purposes of the corporation. mha seoretarv was then Instructed to Insert in the minute , f0rthe p«S^ of reference, the following psperss 1 - waiver of Hotioe of Meeting. S - waiver of Botloe of transfer of suhaoriptlon and Consent to suoh Transfer. 3 - Waiver of Botloe of Assessment. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. ,u~ [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] mihutes op the fihst hketiho OP 1HE BOiSD CP DIRECTORS SDISOH BOTAHIC RE SEARCH COHPORATIOH The first meeting of the Board of Botanic Reoearoh oorBoratlonwBBheia c^the giaterla offioe If the r3??tz: Present: Thomas A. Edison Char las EdlBon John V. Hiller. Hr. Charles Edison was chosen^ Chalraan and Hr. John V. Hiller was appointed secretary of the meeting. The secretary presented and read a waiver of notice of this me eting, signed hy all of the Directors. The minutes of the first meeting of the incorporators were read and approved. chosen end qualified: Thomas A. Edison - President Charles Edison - Vice-President John V. Hiller - secretary John V. Hiller - Treasurer The President thereupon toot the ohalr. The statutory oath waa then administered to the secretary and Treasurer. «»rrl'V motion roBOlsrly mode aod oooond.a tfco iolloolng f.ol.r tion Wasf unanimously adopted: BS80LVED. that the seal, an impression of vhloh is hereto affixed, he and the ssmo hLers.hy '.iq- adopted as the cor¬ porate seal of this corporation. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] II u waB moved and seconded that the treasurer be authorised to j purchase thS nToessary books and stationery end to defray the ex- penses of Incorporation. Motion oarrled. On motion regularly made and seconded the following resolutions were unanimously adopted: j RESOLVED, that the form of stock certificate presented at this i j mk Hoi?® a.wstj.as. Is adopted os the form of stock certi floats of this corporation. | RESOLVED, that either the President or the Vice-President and the (Treasurer be and they hereby are authorized to issue certificates of stock In the form submitted at this meeting. On motion regularly made and seconded the following resolu- | tlona were unanimously adopted: j RESOLVED, that the (Treasurer of j this corporation be and he hereby is j authorized to furnish the 3a3in?°_ J1” _ 'vestment and (Trust company. East orange, S. j. , with a oertlflod copy of the . , bv-lbws of this corporation and a oerti fled list of Its eleoted offloors, lsr attention being & !?_*?*?£ of said By-Laws under the heading of CHEOKS ms HOSES. RESOLVED, that said savings Investment nnd Trust oompony, Eaat Orange, H. J*. _ and It hereby Is designated as a depository for thiB oorporation and that the J-reaBn*®* ff^ailralu?sSK'»;is' of any kind; and that said honk be an4 ** hereby is authorized to make payments from the funis of this oorpbratlon on deposit with It upon and according to the oheoto of this oorporation, signed In Its name and on itB behalf by Its officers duly outhorlzed thereunto by Its By-Laws. [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] [ATTACHMENT/ENCLOSURE] KDISOH BOTAHIO BESEAROH COBPO RATIOS The secretary Btated that additional subscriptions for Efcaras of the oapltel stook of the corporation a.frthei par. value thereof had teen reoelved as follows: 1 Subsoribers Thomas A. BdlBon Henry IPord Harvey s. Birestone Humbo r of ShareB 2-'/ <9 that the oon sent of the stockholders has been obtained to +the allot- iwnt of this stook, and the matter was now presented for the formal approval of the Board. On motion regularly male end seconded and by unanimous af¬ firmative vote, the following resolution wsb adopted: RESOLVED, that the Board of Directors of this corporation doeB hereby authorize S54r»* srAS thereof, namely: One Hundred Dollars ($100) per share, of the following named persone for the number of shares set opposite their respeotlve names: Thomas A. Edison Henry Bord Harvey S. BireBtone > *fo (hares shares coheres of payment therefor. The seoretary was Ihen ddreoted to insert In the minute bookl for the purpose of reoord the following papers: Additional subscriptions for shares of the capital stook of the corporation, and consent of the stockholders to the allot¬ ment of the additional stook so subscribed. There being no further business, the meeting adjourned. & %'bu,tw_ / > Seoretary Toi Board of Dlraotora Edison Botanlo Research corporation West Orange, Hew Jersey She undersigned hereby subscribe for the number of shares of the capital stock of Edison Botanic Researoh Corporation set opposite their respective names, and each of the undersigned agrees Ito pay for the chares of stook subscribed for by him, or for suoh | lesser number of shares as may be allotted to him, in pursuance of this subscription, the sum of One Hundred Hollars ($100) per share | in oash on demand. Bated: West Orange, H. J. 'nsuL Humber of Shares W F : y&o JHF Consent of stockholders We, the undersigned, being all of the stockholders of Edison Botanlo Research Corporation, do hereby consent to the fore¬ going allotment of shares of the oepltal stook of Edison Botanlo Researoh Corporation as follows: To Ihomaa A. Edison 2-f-o shares To Henry ?ord c> shares To Harvey s. El re at one shares. Bated: GLu>|. 5. ( West Orange, H. J. CA. MXl 1 %JUl:^ - ch^'C-Cj />/£Le*c.t _ l ym*^r -?n _ _ £Ll<_jL ij 1^0 /X )'!/)'\aX-J~- ZZMLxjz^L . -t,*~ *- .. Kfi~ ‘^h^st^LA-- (U^^. jdiXsi J-jfy _ I / h'd^L tSdJLtei*^^ ' _ . ZZZ^ZZ^hi . j^ZZZZZu^jdr-M^sJ^ . --- — _. CONFERENCE HE EDISON MUSEUM AND MR, FORD'S PLftH At the request of Ur. John XI. Lleh of the Hew York Edison Company, an appointment was made with Ur. Edison and the Edison family for today (August 20, 1928) to discuss the disposition of the Edison exhibit or col¬ lection as non existing and held by the Edison Pioneers and Edison Illumi¬ nating Company Association. Mr. Iiieb came to the Laboratory and in a very preliminary nay put up the case to Messrs. Thomas A. Edison, Jr. (who happened to be here) and J. V. Miller. As his statement was practically the same as given to Mr. Edison and then to the family, I will not give it here. Mr. Lieb saw Ur. Edison for a few moments prior to going to Mrs. Edison's house for luncheon. He very briefly stated the purpose of his call. Ur. Edison answered him to the effect that the exhibit should be turned over to Ur. Ford by all means; that he was ready to put any amount of money into the proposition and that he was full of sentiment and would carry it out to perfection. Mrs. Edison had arranged a luncheon for Ur. Lieb, Charles and Theodore Edison, Mrs. Theodore Edison, Mrs. Sloane, Thomas A. Edison, Jr., and J. V. Miller. Mrs. Sloane, however, could not accept, Mr. Lieb then stated the purpose of his visit, to the following effect; That on Thursday of this week a meeting was to be held which was to be attended by Messrs. Insull, Edgar, Adams and others, one of the main objects of which was to discuss the disposition of the Edison collection, as above mentioned. He statod that he was to present to thiB meeting the opinion and wish of Mr. Edison and Mrs. Edison and the Edison family in regard to the disposition of this collection? that there had been several propositions suggested, such as the Smithsonian Institution in Washington, some proper place in New York City or in Chicago, at Menlo Park or at Detroit, Michigan; tint this collection was now hold by the Edison Pioneers (2) and "by the Association of Edison Illuminating Companies, which two organiza¬ tions were responsible for gathering various exhibits together. Mr. Lieb stated that a short time ago Mr. Insull of Chicago wrote on to the Edison Pioneers asking that a part of this exhibit, at least, be sent on to Chicago for exhibition out there but that Mr. Lieb disapproved of this move and im¬ mediately got together the controlling elements in the Electric Light Asso¬ ciation and the Edison Pioneers and had each pass a resolution whereby the disposition of the Edison collection was put in absolute control of the two Associations and could only be disposed of by joint resolution of the govern¬ ing bodies of the two Associations. He stated also. that the Electric Test¬ ing Laboratories was the owner of the monumental tablet and small park at Menlo Park. Mr. Lieb further stated that Mr. Ford had explained to him that he was ready to put five, ten or fifteen million dollars into this museum; that Mr. Ford would be greatly disappointed, and sincerely so, if he could not obtain this Edison collection. Mr. Lieb showed pictures of the proposed buildings of his museum at Detroit, particularly Dearborn. Mr. Lie'o also said that the last Edison Jumbo Dynamo was in the possession of the liew York Edison Company and that Mr. Edison and he would have a hard job to pry it away from them to give to Mr. Ford. A general discussion followed and then the various ones present expressed their ideas, Mrs. Edison favored the wholesouled support of Mr. Ford in Ms plan, as he was ready to devote large sums of money and Ms time to the work and had already started the assembling of the Edison memorabilia, etc., and that he had moved the Florida laboratory to Dearborn; that he (Mr. Ford) was absolutely sincere in Ms desire to make this a very big tMng - a national affair. Mr. J. V. Miller seconded these remarks and added that one great (3) advantage was that Mr. Ford Was immediately ready to start and complete the Mrs. Theodore Edison favored Mr. Ford' s plan and added that some consideration should he given to the endowment of the institution and the perpetuation of it. tr~r& / - the general plan to the effect that possibly it would he better not to place all the original models, machines, etc., in one place, due to danger, in case of a catastrophy, of losing the entire exhibit. Ho rather favored nlacing only part of the original models at Detroit and having true dupli¬ cates made of the other pieces. Thomas A. Edison, Jr. , also favored the Eord plan and did not put much weight in Theodore's idea. Charles Edison favored the Eord plan and expressed the idea that they should go wholeheartedly into the plan and back up Mr. Eord in every possible way. He stated that many starts had been made by various ones to collect the Edison memorabilia but that for one reason or another their efforts had been sidetracked; that if support was now given to Ur. Eord and the exhibit sent to him it would bo a spur to everyone and bring the entire matter to a satisfactory completion. (Charles Edison, owing to a business engagement in Hew Tork, had to leave at this juncture). As it was the unanimous vote of the family, therefore, to turn over all Edison memorabilia, etc., to Mr. Eord, Mr. Lieb agreed that he would present this to the meeting on Thursday. ■Mrs. Edison brought up the point of Mr. Edison's disposal of the General Electric Co., giving her view of the transaction, stating that through Mr. Insull's management the Edison General Electric Co. was in bad financial position and Mr. Edison, in order to keep out of bankruptcy, had to sell out. Mr. Villard came to Orange and offered to buy out Mr. Edison. (4) The offer was acceptable so far as the cash paid was concerned, with the exception that Mr. Edison wanted to keep the Lamp Works at Harrison. Mr. Villard said that it would he impossible to carry through the deal unless the Lamp Works were included. Eirially Mr. Edison gave in and disposed of (5) Mr. Lieb brought up, furthermore, the question of having an Italian sculptress by the name of Mrs. Mengarini (?) mould a clay model of Mr. Edison's bust from all the thirty-odd pictures which are in existence of Mr. Edison, submitting this bust to .the family for approval and, should it be satisfactory, to request lir. Edison to give her two or three sittings for final effect. Mrs. Edison stated that she was absolutely opposed to having any experimental young artist do this, as lir. Edison had posed at various times for amateurs, who had failed, and he was very much opposed to sitting for anyone. She stated that if she asked Mr. Edison again it would be only for a man of very high reputation, such as Mr. Eraser. It was finally left that there would be no objection to Mrs. Mengarini doing the bust and submitting it for approval but that was as far as Mrs. Edison would commit lierself, Mrs. Edison then brought up the point of Menlo Park, stating that Mr. Eord had put it up to her as to what disposition should be made of the land which Mr. Eord has purchased. Mrs. Edison favored the idea of making it into a public park, with specimen trees, flowering plants, etc., and making it a part of the present tablet plot , same being somewhat of an entrance to the public, Mr. lieb agreed with her in this idea and plan. Oj)^4)mi928 <4V ^ P'sU-jAsf ^■d 'yycsC^ ~~h- 'yy~'c-C-~dt- (aJ> 'nfcHudtu $fa' ^ &U^du^ /hdddU^ddd^ 7?'io0'/te& — TfiU-t&y i w r'CH&bn tr'rt/t^ y*~ &H>££T C-}~VWU- fL-f-t-d CUX"** — "+' 0V\ C£if ^MAA^Jttd 7&v*~Q — U-tf-v\V 'uf* (m . '(<). frvj»A. (Uy*°c (La. $£UvJ ^ -jW Na