Patent Drawing for a Typewriter
6/23/1868
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In 1868, C. Lantham Sholes, Carlos Glidden, and Samuel W. Soule received a patent for their improved type-writing machine. In their application, they wrote that "the type-writer is the simplest, most perfectly adapted to its work...and in every way the best of all machines yet designed for the purpose."
This primary source comes from the Records of the Patent and Trademark Office.
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595503Full Citation: Drawing for a Typewriter; 6/23/1868; Patent Number 79,265; Utility Patent Drawings, 1837 - 1911; Records of the Patent and Trademark Office, Record Group 241; National Archives at College Park, College Park, MD. [Online Version, https://www.docsteach.org/documents/document/drawing-typewriter, March 29, 2024]