Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-02-15
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.

The hsentoSS CE1fasT az seEHOrsEaged aHd roteetsa
By the GOr>rsHseytS Of C;tna,Ld, the Uail1d .NateI
dHd CTCat BrtLafH; 10 all ,SLObl It H.0y eoAozTn.
NNTHAT CLAIM As NY INVENTION Is, THE
w continuance OF Keeping aee5nnts current, Of
whatever kind, description % variety, Ia printed
oTIa, BY keeping the statsnents % the several ac-
couutH ssandngn prnter type. or their equIIaIents
the type being arranged In form as 70 admit Of
being readily end quickly raansted ia any phrtIc1-
lar part, where an Account may have undergone =
change, ~ ts IaPss Of time tie current d buAi-
neIs TRANSACTIONS; that when reasliusted I'm All
such parts up % any given date. an impression then
taken from the type shall exhibit IN printed form,
the tTus state u all the accounts kept accurately
representing all the BALANCES or cotrusIons m ae-
eordance with tho end ends contemplated In keep
Ing the Teeotii rendering t. IN Commercial business
balance sheet Of tho most cOmpart and perfect
ehaEaetaE, tbs details Of management being snbstan-
tally ~ Fecitr In specification, wherein Il Il shown
that the lat ets be FocoFds4i nav be FetFs-
seuted by hgdreG symbols, dAtsS or nnnibers' nseI
either lepatatsly 10 Combination or lJy SlhtsTer
cleo Will Indicate the 1art ~ Eacts A. de.iTe. mi
furthermore, based On this primary Invention also
claim the device OF c0HthVancs oF rendering Or
transmitting accounts Ia partial or full statements
when the statement Or atEtsmfuts 70 sent aro thus
~ substantially thus, kept In type, by the c0ntf
Tabess Of my invention. be the medium tf tFsnsinfs
sion what lt may; but the particular mode Of rem
derinE accounts by tile nee Of the Dispatch Machine
eonstItuts,t Of ApHn Movement, Heel, and Gutter
stamp, claim Ia the bFUadest aud IuIIst sSDsei and
also the machine ITSELF embracing all Ita forms and
modes, Of OTsHtlhE ~ indicated ia describing IL
either ~ simple hand Instrument or as propelled
~ naehn5fy: And In eOnneetI0h with these Epect-
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other means aud appliances substantially the same
= tho.s herein claimed or intended TO be claimed
with thee claims fully acknowledged and protected
~ above this Invention has already spread ItGelf
over Canada, OIRhtssn States Of the American Union
and into Great Britain, and is uss In more than
thIes hundred Newspaper OfieeH Itsimmeuse VaIne
TO banking and liiniiar Institutions will be shown In
circular which win make its appearance soon.
MEANWHILE applications for Information. .Dssds Of
Right or "DisPAtoh ALAchnes" will receive due at
tention, when addressed either To
Rev. Robert, Dick, 9 s4, r.. ~ !; y Z pr
to bis Agent and Attorney,
John j. Haines, LoHoisH, ENGLAND.
~ To LILY who IN the Montreal Garette Of IL.
FebHaTy, 1850, prOnOuneea the '.idea- OF Keeping
aseoIniI current "in type" ''gro4s absurdity,s
thanks are hereby tsBdOTed and the ASSURANCE oven
that this gFoas abgnrity Sc all that Slr Dick hSi
patented Ia the domain Of keeping ACCOUNTS. IIIh
elAtns hinder NO operation therein Into which this
gross AbsuTdlty IL mot piFRteAlly smuggied 10 any
manner ueithgT bodily partially; neither al.
rectly OF Indirectly; esther explicitly nor symb0
ealy; this ground his claims eoTeT, aud nothing
more the Abaolnts monopoly Of this ubsnriity aud
hothlnE else, = all he asks ~ his Claims nationally
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