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Bell Telephone Company

LC control no.n 86114797
Corporate name headingBell Telephone Company
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Variant(s)Bell Company
See alsoBell Patent Association
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American Bell Telephone Company
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Found inNUCMC data from N.J. Hist. Soc. for Bradley, J.P. Papers, 1836-1937 (Bell Telephone)
Tosiello, R.J. Birth and early years of Bell telephone system, 1979 (Bell Telephone Company; in July 1877, the Patent Association was replaced by the Bell Telephone Company. Despite its ability to financially harrass the Bell Company, Western Union was advised to compromise. The removal of the Western Union threat and the organization of the American Bell Telephone Company (1880) with sufficient financial resources marked the end of the formative stages of the telephone's commercial development)