Virginia Argus. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1796-1816, 1813-05-10
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and upon ht solemn affirmation soiemnly de.
c'sres thyme is an inhabitant of New Castle
county, An the state of Delaware, about ffty-
'"ree years OF age, and has for near thirty
iearSpurSued the business, of miller, with on.
| ~ OCCASIONAL Interruptions, and urderstauds
tis mechanism ofmills for grinding wReatia and
! &her gram he says the first he evef. lIeard of
leiSv"orS ana bopperboys, for which the plain
''H nas OBTAINED patent, was to the btst of his
| recoiiection, m the year seventeen hundred aud
eiShty tour o. eighty five; that the first time he
eve. hearo OF 'iie invention OF elevators or hop
perorys' misunderstood they were invented by
ti'e Piaintiii oilver Evans and that the second
uInc he conVersed about such an invention was
WAN the sad Oliver Eyans, who said that II
was not only practicable raise aour &c but
tnat IL was TN N in operation although ,h, demo.
ncht iad never then seen the Machinery. nor
"au he ever heard OF any other person inventing
such machinery before the said Oliver Evans.
mat the first elevator he ever saw was in Mar.
snail and Stroud's mill in New Castle county.
soon alter the invention was made known nro-
J Daddy III the yesr seventeen hundred and eipbr
| ~ hve, that tins elevator was princpallv erect
ed under the care and direction ofthe afirmant.
VINO mad discovered, as he believed. the prin.'
clpies OF the plaintiff $ discovery, for which he
1.-THE plaintiff had then no patent; that in tie
same mil TIC irst saw hopperboy, or MAJ
chinery resembling hopperboy, soon after the
experiment OF the elevator aforesaid that this
hopPerooy was the production of The Joint labor
! and invention OF william 81 arsaali and Samuel
srou'i' the owners OF the said mill, and of the
Two sons OF said VIM. Marshall; on experiment
1t was found not to answer the de.ire.t burmese
soon afterwards, this atfrmant had a CONVEX
sation with Oliver Evans about his invention Of
the >hopperboy, and one was made By this All
iHAnt according to his the SAID Oliver Evans'l
psani and another was put up ldingto the
same pan in the mill of said Marshall and
Stroud. Vf.,.
any other invention or Ia schinery thal had ever
been previously discovered, or made, according
to the best OF has knowledge and belief or ~
since been discovered to the hest of his know.
edge 1t being the same now in general use
The aifirmant further soemny declares. that
rom ms own knowledge and observation, and
from all he has "eard from others on The SUBJ
lect, he verify believes Oliver Evans was he
hrSt inventor OF both the elevator and the hon,
perboy now IN common use in mills for manu-
fsctufing -four from wheat; and that he so be-
Iieved AT the time he, the afirmant was making
such machinery in the year 1884, or I785, a.
bove mentioned; as the first idea o.. notion of
The same, was derived from him, tlIzsai Oil.
ser Evans The atiirmgnt further saws, that
| the invention OF the elevator ana hoDpcrbov.
win other improvements i'll making -four, for
winch he P.ainiiff has a patent, in his opinion
saves one hall the labor which otherwisA
would be necessary for Carrying on the milling
business and also are Causes of great saving,
and do tie work better than could be done by
| manual labor, in the mod practiced before
such inventions. That ne hath known Oliver
Evans ever since his inventions Aforesaid and
VS. acquainted with the first trials aud exneri-
msnts OF such inventions III said Marshalps ard
StrouI's mill, aud knows n great number of
MUS IN which they are used, and that his (,he
sad Oliver Evans'J claim to the originality of
SAID inventions was never disputed IN the
neishborhood where they We're SO first tried.
to this afirmsnts knowledge, nor elsewhere
that this sffirmant knows of, until the cass now
under trial.
(signed)
JAMES STROUD.
Affirmed and signed before me, this 10th
e.. s. November, 1912.
SAMUEL STERRETT,
Notary Public, Baltimore.
9Th. Eilw Marshall, OF New Castle county, state
OF Delaware, being sneUnly affirmed to speak he
truth declares and ssys, hat he about forty eight
years OF age and Instructed IL, the business 81 n
! merin early life, and pursued the same generally
his profession that about the wears 1885 or 1855
This atrmanrs father asked this affirmsnt VIII, lie
J thought Of masculine that would take up the n5ar
as fast as 1t was ground, to- which this afir ant sn-
swered that he thought IL impossible when AFR.
mants father replied that Oliver Evans said ne i,od
/ invented such machine He saws this il the ft AZ
| time he ever heard OF the elevator-that ,b,s,t
| OF VIM. s. James Marshall, and noai to the mill OF
! afrmants father, said he had found out the Dtioci,
pie Of the elevator, aud supposed IL to be Oliver -
vans plan, and this aihrmaut assisted in mskp.s
one according to such seovery that at the FIRST II
did not work wen, bat IL was altered so as In an
swcr better. The aiiirnant that her max .re-
| such elevator, Samuel stroud invented a homer
boy which trial did not answer the intended str-
| pose. That this aifrmant then altered the mach.
! merry of said Samuel Stroud, but sin it would not
| answer all the purposes required although much
improved he saws that lac saw q perfect hor-
| perboy before Oliver Evans plan, and he verify
| believes he always hath DONE that the said Oh
yer Evans, is the original and true inventor of t.
! hopper boy now commonly in and he also be-
ievcs thatthe said Oliver Evans Is the fret inventor
\ 'or manufacturing hour--Thc affirmant further
says that his father paid to Oliver Evans certain
4m Tor the prviIcse Of using lis elevator aud hop
Nprboy, in the lower NIL belonging To his said Ia
der, the receipt for which now is or lately WIS in
| tieposscsson Of this aihrmaut's brother
! Signed,
| ~ EDW. MARSHALL.
Ahlned and siau led before me the 10th yo,sn.
Der 1919.
SAMUEL STERETT,
| Notary Public, Baltimore,
10th. Thofpllowins certificate was furnished 10
Oliver Evans tlout his previous knowledge or re-
quest, but frOaihc spontaneous motion ct the per-
| Sons who signesfn, for the purpose OF correcting
| some iuadycrtcft expressions which had been
! drawn E. ON thent 81 the persons framed IN H. IL
| has been affirmed tsfby Mr. james Stroud in rhia
| laictpha, in the afeenee Of Nc. Edward Mar.
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