Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-03-06
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.


The AIrcloFT CTIiSs ~ acknowledged and DroSse4.d
by Hs G9rernasHtJ gc C;iRg.tJ, tie LAiteR SS4tss,
and Great BriiaiH; u al lr6oHl Il May CONCERN
WHAT CLAIM As MY INVENTION Is. THE
w euntFiTance OF keeping accounts eurrent. OF
whatever kind, description variety, In printed
oTti. by keeping the statements Of the several ae-
counts standing printers type. their equivalents
the type being arranged in form Hs to admit or
being readily md quickly TeaIsted ia any r1rteTi
lar part, where an account may have Undergone =
Change. by the lapse of time the current OF bust
nsS, transactions; 50 that. when rrIduSted in alt
saeh parts up TO any given date. Impression then
taken from the type shAi exhibit, In printed form
the true state Of all the accounts so kept accurately
representing alt the balances CONCLUSIONS Ia nc
eoTdtnCc Nit the end ends contemplated In keen
ing The reeonlF rendering it In commercial business
a bntanee sheet OF the most compact and perfect
chancterr the details OF cement being sut,tSn
italy a rect u In secheation wherein II e shown
that the fact facts lie recorded nsy be renr,.
Oente by dEurrs, symbols. dates or numbers Iisr,l
either sepArately ~ In combination or bv whatever
-iss will indicate the fact or facts as dsireEI ana
ITrthernOre, based on this primary invention also
claim the device or eontFiVauce OF rendering or
transmitting accounts in partial or full statements
when the statement or statements 20 sent are thus
or substantially thus, kept In type by the c,ptd
Vancee OF MY Invention, be the medium Of trRnSmf4
SION what II Inayi but the particular mode Of rem
deHng accounts Ly the Of tho Dispatch Machine
constituted OF Apron Movement. Reel, and Gutter
stamp, claim in the brOadegt and fullest sense; and
Also the HaAchine ltselE embracing All Its firms mi
nlss, at operating, Indicated In describing II
either As simple hand instrument or a. truyeIlsd
~ m1ehtneTy. AMI In connection with these speel.
4 4
Other meant and appliances substantially tie sRnr
~ thOae hsTein claimed INTENDED to Re claimed
With tCse claims fully acknowledged and protested
~ above this invocation has already spread itselt
over CAnadA eighteen States Of the American Union
and into ircat Britain and IL now used In more than
three hnndEet Newspaper Offices. ItsimmensevaIue
TO banking and similar institutions viii 10 shown m
= eiTcuIar which Will make its appcNTsnee roou.
MeInEhile applications for Information. Deeds Of
Right" or "Disptteh MachInesr viii receive due at
tention, when addressed either 70
Rev. Robert, Dick, s F,7t E;. y 3 II or
lis Agent and Attorney,
John j. HnInes, LondEqs, ENGLAND.
q To "LFN,-' who ia the 8fgHtrsal CTas.fse oflst
F'tEuaryi 1850, PscBOunees tho idea Of keepinR
aec0nhtS current "in type" ..grOsB absuriitya
thanks are 'feby tendered and the assurance iyen
that this SrOss abeurity ia all that Mr. Dick has
patented ia the domain Of keeping accounts His
claims hnlsr NO operation therein into which thIs
Eross a-urdity Is not PirAteally Amugglell in any
n'anher; neither huiily nUr partially; neither di-
Ftiy or tndtreetly; neitlsT explicitly nor SYMBOL
Salg; thl ErIHnd his claims cover, aud nothing
nothing else 4 all be asks as his clai,n5, rti6naii
Ls1.'' ~ 81. - tept5