umm, what is the source for this factoid (below)?
 
  I show the item in question (in PHP) and do not see Insull's name.  
Edison's patent attorney at the time was Lemuel Serrell.
 
Allen K.
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 In a message dated 10/10/2012 4:13:49 A.M. Eastern Daylight Time,  
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Further  neat factoid: the attorney who signed Edison's original patent 
application  for the phonograph was none other than Samuel Insull, future 
utility  magnate and crook.