Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-05
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT

The A'5e1torI Ct1islI GrtAorkef1e2 aud tgrIsrd
by The Covenants Of Csns4z tie United .Satss,
and Grcdt UrttIiH; 70 all ,eIoa i. may concern.
NVTHAT CLAIM As NY INVENTION is. TIJE
w continuance Of keeping accounts current, OF
WhateV6r Kind description or variety. In uTfnts-i
oTD by keeping the statements OF the several nc
the type beihk arranged In form rs 20 admit o.
being readily snd qnicky reaiIiusted In any tartien
Jar part where an 'onount may have undergone a
change, 1y the lapse Of time the current Of bust
nese transactions; that. when Fea,ljustei In All
such pars up any SiVel date, An Impression then
hen from the type shall exhibit, in printed FORM
the true state Of ali Ihe accounts - KENT acrnIatsi
representing AL the balances OF coueiusions in a.
cordancs With the end or ends c0pteublSfe6 in E,.n
Ing the record rendering It. in commercial in
balance sheet OF the most COMPACT and perfrct
ch3Tacier the "details Of nAuagvrnent being sabstan-
TALLY rs Eectt-d in specification, wherein II Il shOn
thai the fact Facts To be recorded nRE he raDFr
sentet by figures symbols, dates or numbers used
either separately or in combination by whatever
else will indicate the fart or facts a. dcsirrJ and
furthermorg, based this primary invention also
claim the device or contriVAnee OF rendering or
transmitting ancOuntS In partial OF full statements
when the statement statements % cent are tiIuS
OF aHbstanttaliy thus, kept IN typA. by tho eoutd
NnnCeH Of my tuYatIon be the medium OF tFansmis
sion what Il may; but the particular mode ~ rem
dertnS aEeou6ta by the Of the Dispatch Machine
constituted, Ut Apron Movement, Reel, and Cutter
stamp claim IN the bTOAdeEt and tuitest eehae and
also the machine ITSELF embracing ali It's forms and
I9iee' o. Operating, as indicated in describing it.
either ~ simple hand Instrument, or a. uryjt6Iei
by aehineEJ. Aud In connection With thesa speci-
nc claims, and tIased upon them, also claim ali
otisT means and appliances substantially tho sauie
IS thOs herein claimed intended TO be Claimed
Win these claims tuliy acknowledged and protested
az above, this invention Las already spread itseIi
ever Canada teen States OF the American Union
aH5 into Grsat lirtsn and & now ussd In more ihah
thTae hundred Newspaper Ofiecs Its Ilnnense yalue
70 I,nkin and sirssr installations viii - Il,Svn IN
a circular which viii make Its appearance soon.
Meanwhile applications for q, ornniion ..H..iS ~
Right, or SDisP tteh Machines" will reeeIve ne ut
teutiVn' when addressed either 20 80 y =
Rev. Robert, Dick, g P4t Ea,, y Z 4 OF
toht' Agent and Attorney,
John j. Haines, london, ENGLAND.
EB- To LEN who In the NoMtrcal (Sa.,f,e NJ Il,
February 1880, pronVnncss the .idea- Of krrntnr.
aecnunta current 'in type aEross absur,lity.S
thHnEa are hereby tendeTrd and the aSsuraDce given
that this srss aiSuErlity Ia all that Air. Def bSs
patented IN the domain o. keeping accounts MS
claims hinder No operation therein into which this
sIuss a'-'Irvty Is not practically smuEEl6d in am
lnNntrsr: n-ithsr holly nor partially: neither al
FtIy OF indirectly; neither explicitly nor FYmboIi
eAily; this kr6und his eiHtB coVsr and nothing.
nssSi the ABSOLUTE nonoTply Of tlis Ah+urdity and
noutinS else, Il all he Asks his cIaHs FatISoIiy
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