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Two items signed by the telephone inventors: an AQS on an off-white 6.25 x 7.75 album page, in full: "Concentrate all your thoughts upon the work in hand: the sun's rays do not burn until brought to a focus. Alexander Graham Bell, Washington, D.C., May 14, 1909"; and an ALS signed "Thomas A. Watson," one page, 5 x 7, Hotel Beau Rivage letterhead, May 6, 1912, in part: "I have written the Telephone Company to put in the Telephone both exchange and private line and have them working by June 5th. I shall sail from Liverpool May 28th by the Cunard steamer Franconia direct to Boston." In overall fine condition.
Alexander Graham Bell (1847–1922) is celebrated as the inventor of the first practical telephone; his assistant, Thomas A. Watson (1854–1934) is known for hearing the first words said over the telephone, 'Mr. Watson—Come here—I want to see you.'
