ANS in pencil, signed “E,” one page, 8.5 x 11, June 21, 1921. Handwritten endorsement at the end of a memo submitted to him by Henry Lanahan. The memo reads, in part: "Here is a copy of another patent on chlorination of rubber sent up from Washington by Hardy." Edison writes: "Tell Hardy he needn't look any further in this line—it gives me all I want, file patent away." An additional handwritten note is signed by Edison's secretary William Henry Meadowcroft: "Mr. Hardy: Please note. Wm. Meadowcroft." In fine condition, with punch and staple holes to the edge. William A. Hardy was a patent attorney in Edison's legal office, in which Lanahan also worked.
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