Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-05-10

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dollars, the gain by the use per year will nc
2,4oO dollars, and for Ii years $500 out OF
which they pay 500 dollars for license Your
meinoriaiist my defy John Worthington and
others 10 produce an instance, in the world, OF
so low charge for great benefit made b,
any patentee; and he denies their charge OF
| having demanded 5000 dollars for license for
one mill, although he has heard that Elisha
Tyson SAID so she can prove that he demanded
ON only $50 dollars per mill for 6 mills OF said
Elisha.
Your memorialist conceives it impossible
{1er nm to produce his proofs in due time be~
~ your honorable body, nor could congrsss
utVe<e the time necessary to hear the gfeat
mass qfA testimony, that would be prodi6ed.
ne thcre<qSs prays that the report OF tI,s5r. 5.
Court, at baltimore, the tes,ipinny vol
unfairly CIV by James Stroud And ,Edward
Marshall befars notary public; alf Me testi-
mony OF coloneh Enoch Anderson, t,ken before
Judge, accom- Apyms; this me moral, be deem
ed and receivedNs part of the sshie, and that
he and John WTtAingion md be re-
ferred with thentrases back % the curtis of
tie United States3 and yoir fmemorialst will
with the consent Oh thossotthe melnoriaIists
who are infringing his pateat right, CON ncnce
suits against them 70 giye them an early OPP
portunl'y OF proYine inr court that he is not
the origInAi inveIitor,f and your memoralist
Will yer pray, ~
AZ OLIVER EVANS.
philadelphia, Jp. %, 1913.
LIST The ageH d Oliver Evans in Baltimore,
under authoriyfrom him. offered to ssh a Ii
cense to EiIsbf TX son to use Ev.ns' ms chinery
compete fofSsix pair of six feet stones, in
merchant mil OF tue most approved plan, for
fjfeen hnudTedr doilvs. 1t was to rate as five
par OF stones, though the machinery was TO be
APPlted toyaii six, because 1t was imposed all
wouiuqot ordinarily at the same time
putt was zexprsssiy stated, that no further
cism should be NUDES eveo. if ali six did some
Zines together. 10 Other Remand wa,
ever made OF said Tyson, or any of his sons, ~
Evans agents; nor IS i believed or pretended,
thai any ever Was made through "a different;
channel. Tis certihcate is given by the Il
gent, "ho has Tyson's and Evans letters be-
lore hm on the subjec,--amd win ch are tho
foundation of ali thst passed thereon.
"a. Evan Esa's N his testimony, in the case
OF EEans rs. R0fmion, stated that in 1882
or 1853, While LlS brother Oliver Evans
NVed oh the Eastern Shore OF Mar, land the
latter told HIM he had conceived mode of
| eievat.ng meal, As fas, Us i fell from the mill
stones, ~ machine, consisting Of buckets 1t
.Achea TO a strap; winch machine was to be
moved by he water wheel that his brother
| soon SiseIamsdc model OF his elevator, OF pa
per, and tf5t-lie Witnessed its fist private rx.
HSi''HS"so Az a iIlilt WHICH OtlNSf ana
ther buiit III DelaWa are and that this was long
| INT. rior TO any elevator being in use in Stroud
and Marshsii's mir. That lbs brother having
long before described it to him, also put into
operation, When thr mill was built, hopper
boy, winch was concealed from the public
the door which led u II being kept locked
| and tins Was previous to any machiue of the
Kind berg set up IN any neighboring mills or
elsewhere TO his knowledge; and that when
| 1. brnl her .jytSaI
.aturc the adjoining stat for exclusive
rlsht@ 10 ms discoveries which was before
the adoption OF the federal constitution he
took down his hopperboy; the elevator had
previously been X, pit concealed That the
hrs convcyor winch his brother Oliver invent
cd and combined with his other machinery
vas not continual spiral screw but was
lfsucces.ion OF pouShs placed ,ransverssly
Moss tie spiral line; and this conveyor was
dRf l,cd 10 convey The Hour from where il falls
ffc5R The mail stones 10 the elevator: and tina,
thi%cony yo', so co s;rucied aud applied, was
not Evaporation in ony olher mill that ne ever
saw on card OF, before it was so invented by
his brouser Oliver. Exam Evan, lived with his
brsihei<Vh the machines aforesaid were in
vented. y
81. Samuel Wallace, of Delaware, who was
witness in Vie suit against Robinson, testified
thai he ved,Nyh Oliver Evans when his first
H"PSc'DO! W'tattl oitc.ftloni lhat ne NaHaCe
| hung the dooNnsC icf7ird to the loft where the
h pperboy was flaeed, which was kept locked,
| and Tire key conaded to his charge. lie also
stated, tn said Efaps had then The model of
an el ,va'or, which was not up The machines
wers kept conceaie uotil Evans could obtain
! patents from the st &c t<ssAturcs-he concur
red with other wi,nesSesz. Nat it was notcri.
Gus The II that Evans was the inventor of tue
mill machinery.
| 4;h. Thos, Philips, Of DctsNare, testified as
to tie universal belief that Otker Evans was
the Inventor Of tho mill machiilegy; which lie
| said was in use IN his mill, and va AN annual
saving to him OF s 500 in labor, nd, besides
! other profits and advantages, proiuscd gain
OF from so 40 g. Cents on each barFcl 10 the su.
| perior quantity and quality OF the Ion nasu-
! f.ctured.
! 5th. Levi Iinllingswor,h, formerly oHGccil
! county, Maryisnd, now Of Baltimore, gave5egi.
J dence, among other things, tiiat ii was the 20
rcrai opinion thfcigh w. iuntry, at the tiisss
| the improvements in question were introduces
that Oliver Evans was the first inventor there.
| OF.
9th. Joseph Marshall, brother Of Edward
Marshall was a " tHssS ON behalf OF the defend.
ant, in tho case Of R8bnsou, anu gave similar
testimony to his brothers, whose deposition is
inserted at length.
7ih. Colonel Enoch Anderson, formerly of
| Delaware, now OF Pennsy wanna, ia written
| deposition, and orally on the triad afor sud
| stated that he was intimately acquainted with
| Oliver Evans irons l7b4, that he lived lear 10
him and had almost d NY mi. recourse with hnu ;
! that IN that yesr, Evans told him H. could lie
vate, convey, aud cool meal < flour by machine.
nv, as fast as it ftl from tic Miii.stones,
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