Daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, Va. [W. Va.]) 1859-1865, 1861-04-12
DICKS ACCOUNTANT AND
~ DISPATCH PATENT.


TAe LareHtOTS CIaiRI as aekNOpteged and projected
BY the GOreTnReRts Of CaRadG, ths URited .Sates,
and Great BritaiTi 70 all toh0na Il may CONCERN.
"THAT / CLAI1I As Ny INVENTION Is, THE
w eOntriTanee Of keeping accounts current, OF
Whatever kind, description OF variety, in printed
ORA, by keeping the GtatGments Of the several ac-
counts EtAndnGiu printer type. their equivalents
the type being . arranged in form a. to admit OF
being readily aud quickly readuEted In any PartIcu
lar part, where an account may have undergone a
change, by the lapse Of time the current q bust
ness tFaneaetIon8; 90 that when Feadjusted In all
eueh Farta mp 70 any given date, Impression then
taken from the type shall exhibit In printed FORM
the true state Of all the accounts kept accurately
representing all the balances or conclusions, In ac-
guidance with the end euds eunfeInplnf ted in Keen
Ing the record, rendering It, In commercial business
y balance sheet OF the most compaet aud neTf-cf
character, the details OF management being suDstan-
tally rseite In specifications wherein Il shown
that the Get or facts to be recorded may be repre-
sented by hEures, symbols, dates, numbers, used
either separately or In combination or by whatever
else will Indicate the fact facts a. desired: and
furthermore based on this primary invocation, Also
claim the device or continuance Of rendering or
Transmitting accounts in partial fII statements
when the statement or statements ~ cent are thus
or Substantially thus kept intype, by the eOntri-
Vances Of my Invention, be the medium Of transmits
sion what II mayi but the particular mode OF rene
dertng anoouuth by the Of the Dispatch Machine
eonStltuted OF Apron Movement Reel, and Cutter
stamp claim In the brOadest and fullest sense: and
also the machine itself embracing all Its forms and
either - simple hand instrument, or a. propelled
by machinery. And 10 connection with these apeci-
nc claims, and based upon them, also claim ali
other means and appliances substantially the same
q tho.s herein claimed OF intended to be claimed
With these claims fully acknowledged and protected
above, this invention has already spread ItseIf
over Canada oEhteeH States Of tho American Union
and Into Great britain and Is now nsed in more than
thteo hnndred Newspaper 0lIcAs Ifs ininfnsa value
to banking and similar Institutions VIII be shown Ia
circular which will make its appearance soon.
MeanWhilS aPPlicaLions for Information, tDeeis Of
Right OF DtsPAtsh Nathinea," will receive due at
tentlons EhAn addressed either 70
Rsv.RObert, Dick, P gt H. " Z, 4, or
to hts Agent and, AttorIey, =
JohnJ. HRtneS, london, ENGLAND
~ To eLRX /" who in the NoNtroal Garsite Of lst
February 1850, prOnounees tile .idean OFkeeping
accounts current Tin type" a '1grOsa ALsurdity,H
thanks are hereby rendered. and the assurance given
that this gross absnndity Is all that Mr.. Dick has
PatsRted In the domain of keeping accounts His
claims hinder no operation therein into which this
gross Absunlity Is not practically HmugEled in any
manner: neither bodily nor Partiallyi neither di-
recty Or Indirectly; neither explicitly nor symbo
eally; this ground his claims cover aud nothing
more; the absolute monopoly Of this NbsurdIty and
nothing else, Is all he asks his claims, nationally
read attesti7GA septI