ADDRESS RIE TO THE COMPANY COMPANY, Inc. | MANUFACTURERS OF AMMUNITION, CUTLERY AND NEW YORK AMMUNITION ; CASH REGISTERS LONDON ARMS WORKS, ILION, NY. CASH REGISTER WORKS, !ILION,N.Y. CUTLERY WORKS.BRIDGEPORT,CONN. AMMUNITION WORKS, BRIDGEPORT, CONN. a = LETTERS MINGTON ARMS FIREARMS, \ ee ALL CABLE ADDRESS HARTLEY, NEW YORK CODES USED BENTLEYS,WORLD UNIVERSAL, WORKS, BRIMSDOWN, MIDDLESEX, ENG. A.B.C. 57 2 ® EDITION, WESTERN GENERAL UNION, LIEBERS t ©. U's PATO. GENERAL OFFICES BUILDING, 25 BROADWAY CUNARD NEW YORK CITY September Jo. M. & M, S. Browning Ogden, Gentlemen: Your Vice President, upon my return, the matter, in 9, 1922, word tion We 1923. Co., Utah. Attention Mr. letter August Mr, of Betts, I have did believing and we of the 29, not John during just Browning, 23rd, which was acknowledged carefully over all my gone acknowledge, as it unnecessary, Secy, absence, you It say, seemed was referred your to us the to by me our correspondence letter to be of the December final accepted it as such. This is stated merely in explana lack of such acknowledgment since you stress that point, On the strength of that letter, we placed an order as you know with the Fabrique Nationale people, telling them that we had been assured by you that you would arrange with them for delivering or shinping guns to us without payment by them of any royalty to you, such royalty to be settled direct with you. This on the figure named in your letter of December 9, Closing of was based entirely 1922 and upon your assurance, Since you refer 9, 1922, we December to may the lack mention of that acknowledgment of your you in any never did letter manner communicate to us any intention of changing the instructions which last paragraph of your letter of December 9, 1922 stated you would give to the Fabrique Nationale people, and we knew nothing of any chanze in your attitude until we learned of it through them, We have, of course, written them explaining our position the in the matter, because we do not want them to feel that we attempted to misrepresent matters to them, explaining that your later decision had not been made known to us at the time we placed the order for the guns and that indeed we knew nothing of it until they advised us of the instructions you had given them, With reference to the small shipment of guns made by Fabrique Nationale to us some time ago and which you ask now that we turn over to you, this is impossible. Assuming that we would receive the guns stated you would arrange to have had you which end ordered had we shipped had to us accepted (never certain having orders been for advised these by you guns and, to of the contrary) course, are we making