Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-06-10
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
DISPATCH PATENT.

Tie h=snt0T'S Claims G3 acknowledged and protected
By tie C0rsynme4ts Of CInaaa, re United States,
and Great britain: to ell IshOza 1t nay eO.re1n.
VJYHAT CLAIM As MY INVENTION IS, THE
w cuntrirEucs Of keeping accounts current, OF
whatever kind, description OF variety, IN printed
oru, by kesPi-z n" statements Of the several ae-
counts standing In printers type their equivalents
the type being so arranged IA fpTla to admit
icing readily md quickly rssliustrl Ia any partIcu-
lar part, where an account may have undergone
change by the lapse IL time or the current Of hus
meas transactions; that. when renfjusIed In all
such parts M to any given daie an Impression then
:Rken from the type shall exhibit. In printed fOTI
this state Of all tbs accounts kept accurately
representing all the balance" or conclusions. IN &C"
curdRncs with the end ends contemplated in keep
ing the record rendering IL. in commercial business,
4 balance ell, AZ Of the most Compact aud perfect
Character tr details Uf management being EuUeIan-
italy TcTe,l IT. specifications. "hcrein IL IL shown,
that the ~ facts To- be recorded EBAY tie repre-
scented by figures. syClto!s dates numbers used
either separately OF III combination. or by whatever
el-e VIII Indicate tlIe fact facts desired: and
Furthermore lesed Oh ;his primary invention. also
claim the device or c"ntrivnnce Il rcnd' ring or
Transmitting accounts in partial full statements,
when thr statement OF statements sent arc Ilus,
or substantially thus kept in tyre. by the oontrt-
0f my Invention be the me'liiinl uf transmits
sion what IL TiaN; bur the particular mode Of rem
drrinE ACCOUNTS by tls Il e Gf the Dispatch Machine
constituted of Apron Movement Reel. and Cutter
stamp claim ia the hTuNdest and fullest rsuse and
alaN the machine it-eli embracing all it, forms and
nudes. Of operating. Indicate in describing IT,
either simple hand instrument. nr as propelled
y machinery And In connection with these speci-
nc claimz. and hased uIon them. also calm all
other meHnS and appliances EuhstantiallV the Hame
a. th-s herein claimed or intended to he claimed.
With thas, claims fully acknowledged and protected
a. abUys this invention has alr+Shy spread itself
over Canada eighteen StIteS Of the American Union,
And intn Great Britain. and Is use in than
three hundred Newspaper 'tfces. ItSimmen-e vAlno
TO banking and similar institutions will Ike shown in
a circular which will make Its appearance Nnnn.
Meanwhile applications for In nrrnatinn Deeds Of
Right. or nisp Itch Ma h'nes." will receive dus az
tsnti0n. when addressed rithGE n
Rev. Robert, Dick. '; 1, Ksta e t. f. or
to hIa Agent and Attorney.
John j. HaInes, London, ENGLAND.
~ To LEN" who In the .Vontrea! ?as,tse If lat
February, l:H0. prOuouncea the idea" of keeping
accounts current lin tyne" gross ahsurdity."
thanks hereby rendered and the assurance given.
that this Er.-s aLsurty is all that Mr.. Ick hna
patented IN the domain Of keeping accounts. Ills
cl1iuIs hii'r operation therein into VIII CHI this
grass ahsurty Is NOT practically smuggle,l In any
manner: neither iOdily nor partially; neither d.
rrctly or indrectly: neither explicitly HymblI-
ca iy; this ground hiS claims and nothing
the absolute poly OF this nhsurtiiy and
nothing elae. il all lie asks his claims, nationally
read. Attest."fGa sept7