LS, 1928 April 3 : Washington, to Walter Russell, President, Society of Arts and Sciences, New York City.

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LS, 1928 April 3 : Washington, to Walter Russell, President, Society of Arts and Sciences, New York City.

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On official stationery of Secretary of Commerce, Hoover regrets his duties prevent his attending a dinner honoring Thomas Edison. "It is impossible to measure the services to the world which this man has rendered ..."

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Russell, Walter, 1871-1963

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Hoover, Herbert, 1874-1964

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Herbert Clark Hoover (b. August 10, 1874, Iowa-d. October 20, 1964), thirty-first president of the United States, was born in Iowa, and was orphaned as a child. A Quaker known from his childhood as "Bert" to his friends, he began a career as a mining engineer soon after graduating from Stanford University in 1895. Within twenty years he had used his engineering knowledge and business acumen to make a fortune as an independent mining consultant. In 1914 Hoover administered the American Relief Com...

Edison, Thomas Alva, 1847-1931

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Thomas Alva Edison (born February 11, 1847, Milan, Ohio – died October 18, 1931, West Orange, New Jersey), American inventor and businessman who has been described as America's greatest inventor. He developed many devices in fields such as electric power generation, mass communication, sound recording, and motion pictures. These inventions, which include the phonograph, the motion picture camera, and early versions of the electric light bulb, have had a widespread impact on the modern industrial...