Name/Title
Letter, Chattanooga Machinery CompanyEntry/Object ID
2023.006.003Description
Letter from the Chattanooga Machinery Company to the Battery Machinery Company dated 15 November 1906. The letterhead has the Chattanooga Machinery Co. logo at top left as well as a decorative type at top center that reads "Chattanooga Machinery Co. | Founders and Machinists | Manufaturers of Saw Mill, Wood Working and | Special Machinery | Insulator Pin, | Bracket and Cross Arm | Machinery. | The Catlin Keyseater. | Chattanooga, Tenn. U.S.A. | All Contracts and Agreements Subject to Strikes and Other Causes Beyond Our Control." At top left, the letterhead reads A.D. Catlin, President | W.B. Catlin, Vice President" and "C.H. Huston, Secretary | Z.W. Wheland, Treasurer" at top right.
The letter reads:
"Battey Machinery Co.,
Rome, Ga.
Gentlemen:
Your favor of the 14th inst. has just been received and in
reply we are pleased to advise that we are having a supply of Climax
Shingle Machine Circulars printed for you and as this will take two or
three days, we are sending you a dozen with our name on them.
We will be plaeased to keep you supplied with all of the printed matter you can distribute and we hope that a number of sales will result from it.
Yours very truly,
h/w"
The letter is stamped at bottom right that it was received by the Battey Machine Company 16 November 1906.Collection
Chattanooga Business Collection