Claim: Erastus Brigham Bigelow (April 2, 1814 – December 6, 1879) was an American inventor of weaving machines, His work on Stenography, a short manual on shorthand writing, was written and published about this time.
Evidence: Erastus Brigham Bigelow (April 2, 1814 – December 6, 1879) was an American inventor of weaving machines. His work on Stenography, a short manual on shorthand writing, was written and published about this time.