This letter, dated 3 April 1884, will be published as part of the upcoming volume 7 of The Papers of Thomas Edison. I thought I would leave orders to have the head waiter killed but relented However next year blood will flow. Peter to balance my account then all would be well. In marginalia scrawled across the front of the hotel's letter, Edison, in a humorous vein, directed his secretary to say 'that I am afraid the recording angel has a special Entry against my account for improper language upon the day of my departure If I could get the 16.75 to St. We cannot ascertain where, or to whom to attach the blame, but will see that the next time you come here your lunch will go with you.' In a cover letter, management expressed its regret to the inventor that 'after so much trouble on your part to have a good lunch provided, that there should have been any mistake about it. When he returned to New York, the hotel management remitted him the $16.75 for the phantom lunch.

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