June 2012 Auction Ends Thursday, June 28th, 5pm Pacific
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 6/28/2012
Thomas Edison writes a letter to an employee at his Edison Chemical Factory. Three page letter to Jaffrey Buchanan, written in pencil, reads in full, ''Buchanan / I learn that our woodflour bought from Germany is being mixed in with American woodflour & since that we have several hundred discards from pull outs. They have found wheat & other things mixed with it. Years ago we screened our wood flour but somebody removed this preliminary screening -- We had a lot of screens cannot we put in a screen somewhere to screen the wood flour before putting it in the mixed with a screen that wood [sic] remove wheat & things 1/2 that size see me about this / E''. ''1923'' is written in another hand. Light toning to 5'' x 8'' sheets, else very good.
Thomas Edison Autograph Letter Signed -- ''...this is most important job you can do...''
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