Thomas Edison & Charles Edison Signed 1922 Battery Company Minutes — 16,000-Pound Lithium Hydrate Purchase

Original typed minutes of a meeting of the board of directors of the Edison Storage Battery Company, held September 6, 1922, at West Orange, New Jersey, bearing the signature “Thos A Edison” beneath “Read and Approved.”

The minutes authorize purchasing 16,000 pounds of lithium hydrate from the Maywood Chemical Company at 90 cents per pound, with total expenditure not to exceed $14,400. The order was governed by a January 1, 1921 contract and was to be placed before October 6, 1922.

Charles Edison chaired the meeting and signed the approval section alongside his father and other company officials. Thomas Edison is not listed among those present; his signature records his subsequent approval of the minutes.

Additional signatures include Stephen B. Mambert, Harry F. Miller, Henry Lanahan, secretary J. W. Robinson, and vice president and general manager Frank D. Fagan.

Two consecutive numbered pages, 599–600, with black and red typewriting, blue marginal ruling, and multiple signatures. An appealing document connecting Edison’s autograph directly with the commercial operation of his storage battery business.

Condition: Age toning, creasing, small edge tears and chips, and ragged former binding edges with remnants of binding material. Text and signatures remain clear. See photographs.