Autograph letter signed, handwritten in black ink on lined paper.
Guglielmo Marconi, 1st Marquis of Marconi was an Italian inventor and electrical engineer, known for his pioneering work on long-distance radio transmission, development of Marconi's law, and a radio telegraph system.
SCDIRB copy (barcode 39088020039616) is the gift of H.W. Lende, Jr. and has Lende accession number M-7.
SCDIRB copy has source: Sotheby's, London, Lot 38, May 18, 1995.
SCDIRB copy is housed in an archival box together with other manuscripts from the H.W. Lende, Jr. Manuscript Collection, filed in Dibner accession number order.
Summary:
Letter to Marconi's father Giuseppe mentioning a dinner with Annibale Ferrero, Italian ambassador to Great Britain, in honor of Marconi's successful radio experiments, and discussing foreign patent rights, including a proposition by two unnamed Americans to help Marconi acquire U.S. patent rights.