IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SCREWS
Year: 1874

page_text: LETTERS PATENT to Caleb McKinney Talcott, of Hartford, Con-
necticut, United States of America, now of No. 8, Southampton
Buildings, London, Merchant, for the Invention of "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SCREWS."-A communication
from abroad by William Henry Post, of Hartford, Connecticut,
United States of America, Merchant.
ealed the 6th March 1874, and dated the 10th January 1874.
PROVISIONAL SPECIFICATION left by the said Caleb McKinney Talcott
at the Office of the Commissioners of Patents, with his Petition,
on the 10th January 1874.
I, CALEB MCKINNEY TALCOTT, of Hartford, Connecticut, United States
of America, now of No. 8, Southampton Buildings, London, Merchant,
do hereby declare the nature of the said Invention for "IMPROVEMENTS
IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SCREWS," a communication, to be as .
follows:-
:-
My Invention relates to improvements in machinery for manufac-
turing screws to be used in metal work and in all cases where holes
tanned with a conaw throad are pronored to receive them.

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The aforesaid revolving turret is mounted on a carriage moved toward
and from the chuck by a cam; its reciprocating movement in its track
causes the revolution of the turret through a pawl and ratchet, one of
which is in the turret and the other in the bed or track. The said turret
carries a spindle upon one end of which is a die and upon the other a
roller. The said die is held by a clutch attached to and forming part of
the turret when brought against the end of the stock, and in advancing,
while so.held or clutched it cuts the thread in the screw. When however
the die is released by the withdrawal of the turret with its clutch the
friction'pulley, by means of a cam and lever, is brought to impart through
a roller to the said spindle a speed greater than that of the stock in the
clutch, and the die is thereby carried off of the thread it has cut without
any diminution in the speed of the clutch spindle. A friction wheel is
hung in spring or loose bearings in the head of the frame, so that the
lever grasping its shaft depresses it to bring it into contact with the roller.
The belt from the shafting which drives the machine may be slack
when it is not tightened by the depression of the said lever; or it may
run continuously, as a small fraction of an inch is all the movement it
requires to bring it in contact with the said roller. The die spindle when
not held by the clutch rotates freely in the turret.
According to the second part of my Invention I modify my improved
machine as follows:-I construct the same with a revolving head having
a rotary step-by-step motion. From this head project two measuring
stops. The first step in making a screw is to rotate the head so that a
stop points straight toward the chuck. The stock, or rod, or wire is then
moved up to strike the end of the said stop, which leaves enough of the
rod projecting from the mouth of the chuck to form a screw. The said
revolving head is hung from a reciprocating plate which moves in ways
on a standard; this plate is moved back and forth by a lever. The
inward movement of the plate is stopped at any desired point by an
adjusting screw which is carried on the said plate and strikes the end
of the standard. A box tool or stationary milling tool is provided for
cutting down the body of the rod to the proper diameter of the screw
to be made, and die holders fitted with screw cutting dies are fitted
on the ends of shafts which revolve in the said head. These shafts
have bevel pinions geared together through an intermediate pinion _so

page_text: that when either die holder rotates the other one must rotate in the
opposite direction. When a die holder is moved up to cut a screw
thread on the end of the rod the said die holder is kept from rotating by
a square collar on the opposite or rear die holder, bearing against the
flat surface of a "pull-off." At the point when the desired length of
screw thread has been cut the said square collar slips past the said
"pull-off," and then the die holders commence to rotate with the rod;
such rotation being caused by the friction between the rod and the
operating dies. The thread being formed a cutting-off tool set in a
tool stock and operated by a lever is brought forward to cut off the
screw from the rod, leaving a head on the said screw of the same size as
the rod.
The screw is removed from the die holder by the aid of a device which
I will now explain. A rod having longitudinal, but not rotary motion,
is fitted in bearings which project from the aforesaid reciprocating plate.
The longitudinal motion of this rod is limited by clamp stops on the rod
between the said bearings. In the end of the rod is a screwdriver
blade, which as the die holder carrying a screw comes around to it will
enter the slot in the head of the screw; and when the said die holder
commences to rotate, the screw in the grasp of the dies, being held from
rotating by means of the screwdriver blade, is turned out of the dies,
and drops into a receptacle below the same. This rod is jointed to a
weighted lever. As the screw runs out from the die holder it pushes
back the weighted lever, which falls to the other side, and suddenly.
pulls back the screwdriver blade, leaving the screw free to fall. The
said rod is moved inward again by a pin. The said "pull-off" is set
upon the aforesaid reciprocating plate, and moves with the same, but it
also has a short longitudinal independent motion. It is attached to the
said plate by screws passing through slots. One screw has a spring
under its head, bearing on the "pull-off," to prevent accidental motion
of the same. Above this plate I pivot to the end of an adjusting screw
an arm, whose inner and free end rests on the periphery of the aforesaid
revolving head. This arm has a stop, which at the proper time a pin
projecting from the "pull-off" strikes as the plate moves inward, and
thus stops the inward movement of the "pull-off," and releases the
square collar on the die holder, thus permitting the two die holders to
rotate.
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page_text: plate moves inward the revolving head is furnished with pins upon its
periphery, arranged to strike and raise the end of the lever arm, so that
the pin cannot hit the stop.
I will now describe the mechanism for giving the rotary step-by-step
motion to the revolving head. When this head rotates to bring one of
the die holders into position for operation the head makes a full quarter
turn, but when the head rotates to bring either a measuring stop or a
box tool into line with the chuck the head makes but an eighth turn.
On the back of the head is a raised annular collar, having eight equi-
distant stop notches. The said annular collar fits into and turns in a
corresponding annular groove in the reciprocating plate or slide. The
head has a shaft running through the slide, and on the rear end of this
shaft is a round disc fitting into and turning in a corresponding socket-
in the back of the said slide. The head is fastened to the disc by screws.
A dog lies in a vertical slot in the standard, and is pressed down by a.
spring, its lower end resting on the said collar, so that at the proper
times this dog drops into the notches, and thus stops and holds the head
at the desired points. The said head is rotated by means of a pawl
pressed down by a spring striking into a ratchet wheel when the slide
moves outward. The dog is raised out of a notch preparatory to the
action of the pawl and ratchet by a cam. There are two points in the
revolution of the head where a quarter turn instead of an eighth turn is
required; this action is produced by means of a sliding cam on the end
of a rod which slides in bearings, and has a pin stop and a clamp stop.
On the cam rod and between the two stops is an actuating slide moving.
back and forth with a lever. Every time the slide is moved inward, till
stopped by the screw, another slide strikes the clamp, and the sliding
cam moves inward against the shoulder of the cam, and so protracts the
outward motion of the pin that the dog passes over one of the eighth-
turn notches, and thus permits the head to make a full quarter turn.
The aforesaid stop, lever arm, and other parts for operating the "pull-
off" have another office in connection with the sliding cam. When the
revolving head is to make a quarter turn the pins on the head lift the
said lever arm, so that the pin will not strike the stop, and the slide
moves inward till stopped by a screw; but when the revolving head is to
make but an eighth turn the arm lies upon it, so that the said pin
strikes the stop, and the further movement of the slide is thus
prevented.

page_text: When square headed set screws are made by this machine the screws
are formed from the end of a square rod. The aforesaid slotting tool is
dispensed with if the heads are to have no slot; and in the place of the
screwdriver blade I use a forked tool formed to embrace the square
heads.
filed by the said Caleb M'Kinney Talcott in the Great Seal Patent
- Office on the 12th June 1874.
TO ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME, I, CALEB
MCKINNEY TALCOTT, of Hartford, Connecticut, United States of
America, now of No. 8, Southampton Buildings, London, Merchant,
send greeting.
WHEREAS Her most Excellent Majesty Queen Victoria, by Her
Letters Patent, bearing date the Tenth day of January, in the year of
our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-four, in the thirty-
seventh year of Her reign, did, for Herself, Her heirs and successors,
give and grant unto me, the said Caleb McKinney Talcott, Her special
licence that I, the said Caleb M'Kinney Talcott, my executors, admi-
nistrators, and assigns, or such others as I, the said Caleb McKinney
Talcott, my executors, administrators, and assigns, should at any time
agree with, and no others, from time to time and at all times thereafter
during the term therein expressed, should and lawfully might make,
use, exercise, and vend, within the United Kingdom of Great Britain
and Ireland, the Channel Islands, and Isle of Man, an Invention for
IMPROVEMENTS IN MACHINERY FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF SCREWS," a com-
munication to me from abroad by William Henry Post, of Hartford,
Connecticut, United States of America, Merchant, upon the condition
(amongst others) that I, the said Caleb McKinney Talcott, my executors
or administrators, by an instrument in writing under my, or their, or
one of their hands and seals, should particularly describe and ascertain
the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner the same was
to be performed, and cause the same to be filed in the Great Seal Patent
Office within six calendar months next and immediately after the date
of the said Letters Patent.

page_text: NOW KNOW YE, that I, the said Caleb McKinney Talcott, do
hereby declare the nature of the said Invention, and in what manner
the same is to be performed, to be particularly described and ascertained
in and by the following statement, reference being had to the accom-
panying Drawings forming a part of this Specification :-
My Invention relates to improvements in machinery for manufac-
turing screws for use in metal work and in all cases where holes tapped
with a screw thread are prepared to receive them.
The first part of this Invention relates to the combination and arrange-
ment of the parts of a screw machine in such a manner that a chuck
which holds the work against the tools shall have a uniformily continuous
motion, provision being made therefor by imparting at the proper time.
to the screw cutting die a greater speed than that of the said chuck, to
cause it to follow off of the thread cut by it upon the work.
Also to the construction of feed mechanism that shall automatically
and in an intermittent manner carry the stock and operate the chuck,
and determine the length of the screw; the objects of this part of the
said Invention being the construction of a machine in which the
operations of sizing and shaping the blank forming the screw and the
cutting or severing of the screw from the rod shall be performed
automatically, and the saving of the time hitherto lost in stopping and
reversing the motion of the chuck to release the die from the thread
formed upon the stock.

page_text: the screw to be formed is projected from the mouth of the revolving
chuck A; then by the continued revolution of the shaft B the sleeve W
by means of a cam L and connection / compels the chuck to hold the
stock a, while by means of the cam T on the revolving shaft B the
forming tools in the turret X, that is to say, as many as are necessary to
shape the blank for the screw are brought one at a time against the
stock, and then the die m is brought against it for cutting the thread
thereon.
The turret X may have several forming tools, the shape of the cam T
determining the number of reciprocations the slide S holding the turret
shall have toward the stock a while the connection / influencing the
chuck holding the stock shall have lost motion upon the cam L. In the
Drawing one forming tool n is shown to be alternately advanced with
the die m while the stock a is held. After the screw has been other-
wise formed by the forming tools and thread cutting die the heading
and cutting-off tool vis moved by the cam I to head and cut off the
screw from the stock. Then the continued revolution of the shaft B
causes the withdrawal of sleeve W, and the relaxing of the chuck jaws
and the operations above described are recommenced.
The chuck A forms part of or is attached to the hollow spindle K, and
receives its motion from the pulley D. The jaws o are hung at V, and
present inclined sides to the conical end of the reciprocating sleeve W,
as shown in Figure 2, so as to be closed by the pressure of the said
sleeve. Having an independent reciprocating motion within the
sleeve W is the sleeve C, constructed to grasp the stock a, as shewn in:
Figure 4, with sufficient friction to carry the end of the stock past the
relaxed jaws of the chuck while sliding upon the stock when the same
is held by the jaws until it is again in the position to feed. The
carriage S bearing the revolving turret X is moved toward and from the
chuck A by the cam T, its reciprocating movement in its track revolving a
the turret by means of a pawl and ratchet, one of which is in the turret,
and the other in the bed or track, as in other screw machines. The
said turret carries a spindle Q, upon one end of which is the die m, and
upon the other end a roller y, as seen in Figure 4. The said die is held
by the clutch f attached to and forming part of the turret X when
brought against the end of the stock a, and in advancing when so held
or clutched it cuts the thread. When however the die is released by
the withdrawal of the turret with its clutch the friction pulley R by

page_text: The revolving head 6 has a rotary step-by-step motion, as will be
herein-after explained. From this head project the two measuring
stops 61, 6¹. The first step in making a screw is to rotate the head b so
that a stop 6 points straight toward the chuck a². The rod a is then
moved up to strike the end of the stop, which leaves enough of the rod
projecting from the mouth of the chuck to form a screw. The head b is
hung upon the reciprocating plate 62, which moves in ways on the
standard 63. The plate 62 is moved back and forth by the by the lever 6*.
The inward movement of the plate 63 is stopped at any desired point by the
adjusting screw 6', which is carried on the plate, and strikes against the
end of the standard 6³. When the plate is drawn back the head b rotates
by means herein-after described one step. This movement brings one of
the box tools 6 into position to operate on the end of the rod a. This
box tool is simply a lathe or stationary milling tool for cutting down the
body of the rod to the proper diameter of the screw to be made. While
the rod a is revolving with the cone pulley a¹ toward the operator, and
when the plate 62 and head 6 are again moved inward the box tool cuts
away the body of the rod to the desired diameter and length. The
plate and head 6 are now drawn back again, thereby rotating the head
another step, and bringing one of the die holders b', which holds screw
cutting dies, into position for operating on this turned portion. On
moving the slide b² inward again this screw cutting tool cuts a thread on
the body of the screw.
I will now describe the construction and operation of the two
revolving die holders. These die holders (as shewn in Figure 16) are on
the ends of the shafts 68, which are set into and revolve in the head b,
being held in place by shoes fitting on the screws c. There are small
bevel gear wheels c¹ upon the inner ends of the shafts 6s meshing into a
bevel gear wheel c², so that if either die holder rotates the other one
must rotate in the opposite direction. When a die holder is moved up
to cut a screw thread on the end of the rod a the die holder is held from
rotating by the square collar c³, which is on the opposite or rear die
holder, bearing against the flat surface of the pull-off c*. Just at the
time when the desired length of screw thread has been cut, the square
collar c³ in the rear slips past the pull-off c', and then the die holders
commence to rotate with the rod a, such rotation being caused by the
friction of the rod and the operating dies, the rear die holder rotating in
an opposite direction to that of the operating die holder. The thread

page_text: being cut, the cutting-off tool set in the tool stock 6º, and operated
by the lever c³, is brought forward to cut off the screw from the
rod a, leaving on the said screw a head of the same size as the
rod a.
The head of the screw must now have the customary slot milled or
cut in it. The head 6 is now rotated another step, bringing the other
stop 6 into position, when the rod a is again moved inward preparatory
to cutting another screw. As the head 6 rotates this last step, the
square collar c³ on the die holder, which has just operated, and which
now holds a screw in its grasp, strikes the locking guard c', and keeps
this die holder from rotating again until the pull-off is reached. The
head is now rotated another step, and the box tool 6ª is brought into
position for operation. At the same time the head of the screw which
is in the die holder is carried across the rotating nicking tool c³, and a
slot is cut in the head of the screw. The head bis now rotated another
step, a full quarter turn, and the head of the screw is brought up into
position to be removed from the die holder, while the opposite die holder
has come into position to cut another thread.
The screw is removed from the die holder by the aid of the screw-
removing device which I will now explain. d is a rod hung with a
capability of longitudinal but not rotary motion in the bearings d',
which project from the plate 63. The longitudinal motion of this rod is
limited at pleasure by means of the clamp stops d² on the rod between
the bearings d'. In the end of the rod d is a screwdriver blade d³
always in such a position that as the die holder carrying a screw comes
around to this side the said screwdriver blade will enter the slot in the
head of the screw, and when the die holder released from the pull-off
commences to rotate, the screw in the grasp of the dies being held from
rotating by means of the screwdriver blade is thereby run out from the
dies, and drops into a receptacle beneath. The rod d is jointed by means
of the arm d' and connecting rod d³ to the weighted lever do. As the
screw runs out from the die holder it pushes back the weighted lever d³..
When this lever returns past a vertical position it falls by its own
weight to the other side, and suddenly pulls back the screwdriver blade,
leaving the screw free to fall. The rod d is moved inward again by the
pin d projecting downward from the arm d³, which as the plate b
moves inward strikes the pin d³ on the arm & screwed to the
standard 6.

page_text: I will now more particularly explain how the pull-off c is operated.
This pull-off is set upon the plate 6%, in whose motion it participates; it
has however a short longitudinal independent motion. It is attached
by the screws e and e¹ to the plate 6%, the pillars or bodies of these
screws running through slots e³, e², es. The screw e¹ has a spring e¹
under its head bearing on the pull-off to prevent accidental motion of the
pull-off. The end wing of the pull-off extends to and coincides with the
end of the locking guard c when the pull-off is "set," so that the
square collar c³ passes directly from the locking guard to the end wing
of the pull-off, still holding the die holder from turning. Just above the
plate 6 there is pivoted to the end of the adjusting screw c' extending
through the arm e³, which projects from the standard 6³, an arm eª, its
inner and free end resting by its weight on the periphery of the head b.
This arm e has a stop e, against which at the proper time a pin eª
projecting from the pull-off strikes as the plate 6 moves inward, and
thus stops the inward movement of the pull-off and releases the square
collar on the die holder, and permits the two die holders to rotate.
In order that the "pull-off" may not be thus stopped every time the
plate 62 moves inward, the head 6 is furnished with pins e set upon
the periphery of the head 6 to strike against and so raise the end
of the lever arm e that the pin es cannot hit the stop e'. The pins e³
are omitted at those places on the head 6 where the lever arm e should
be left down. The pull-off is again set when the plate 6* moves outward
by the striking of a pin o on the back of the pull-off against a pin on
the inside of the standard 63.
I will now describe the arrangement for giving the rotary step-by-
step motion to the head b. When this head rotates so as to bring
one of the die holders into position for operation the head makes
a full quarter turn; but when the head rotates so as to bring either
a measuring stop 6' or a box tool 6° into line with the chuck a² the 3
head makes but an eighth turn; so that in making one complete
revolution the head makes two quarter turns and four-eighth turns,
the quarter turns being separated from each other by two intervening
one-eighth turns. On the back of the head is a raised annular
This annular collar a
collar having eight equidistant stop notches f¹.
fits and turns in a corresponding annular groove in the slide 6³. The
head has a shaft ƒ³ running through the slide 62, and on the rear
end of this shaft is a round disc f³ fitting and turning in a corre-

page_text: sponding socket in the back of the slide 62. The head 6 is fastened
to the disc f³ by the screws f*. A dog f³ lies in a vertical slot in
the standard 63 pressed down by a spring fo, its lower end resting
on the collar f, so that as oppurtunity offers this dog shuts down
into the notches f¹, and thus stops and holds the head 6 at the required
points. The head is rotated by the pawl f" pressed down by a spring
striking into the ratchet wheel f8 when the slide b² moves outward.
The said dog is raised from a notch preparatory to the action of the
pawl and ratchet by the cam i pivoted at its outer end to the standard 6³,
and pressed down by a spring. The pin projecting from the rear
side of the said dog rides and rises on this cam as the slide 6³ moves
outward, thus raising the dog out of a notch. When the head has
made an eighth turn the pin drops from the shoulder 2 of the
The pin moves inward
which
and the clamp stop i³.
and is an actuating
Every time the slide 6³
the slide strikes the
cam i, and the dog shuts into a notch.
with the slide 62 passing under the cam i whose under side is hollow;
this cam i lifting to allow the pin to pass under the point of the
cam. But there are two points in the revolution of the head 6 where
a quarter turn instead of an eighth turn is required, and for this
purpose the sliding cam is placed on the end of the rod
slides in bearings 5, 6, and has the pin stop
On the cam rod and between the two stops
slide & moving back and forth with the lever 6.
is moved inward till stopped by the screw 65
clamp and the sliding cam & moves inward and abuts against the
shoulder of the cam i, and so protracts the outward riding of the pin
that the said dog passes over one of the eighth turn notches, and thus
permits the head 6 to make a full quarter turn. After the pin has
ridden outwardly so far that the dog has passed one of the eighth
turn notches, and has passed upon the sliding cam the slide 2 strikes
the pin and moves the sliding cam outward so as to leave an opening
between the two cams. When the dog arrives at the second of the
eighth turn notches, and the head 6 has made a full quarter turn, the
dog strikes into the notch and the pin returns to the end of its.
inward play under the two cams. The next two movements of the
head bare eighth turns, and the sliding cam is kept from moving
in to abut against the stationary cam by the following means:-The
stop e' on the lever arm e acts in conjunction with the pin es to
operate the pull-off. These parts have another office in connection
with the sliding cam. When the head b is to make a quarter turn

page_text: the pins e³ on the head 6 lift the lever arm e so that the pin e³ will
not strike the stop e', and the slide 6 moves inward till stopped by
the screw 65; but when the head 6 is to make but an eighth turn
the arm e lies upon the head 6 so that the pin es strikes the stop e",
and the slide 6² is thus kept from moving farther in, and the gap between
the two cams is not closed.
In manufacturing square-headed set screws by this machine the said
screws are made from the end of a square rod. The slotting tool c³ is
dispensed with if the heads are to have no slot, and in the place of the
screwdriver blade d³ I use the forked tool, shown in Figure 20, to embrace
the square head.
Having thus fully described the said Invention as communicated to
me by my foreign correspondent, and the manner of performing the
same, I wish it understood that I claim in connection with the part
of my Invention illustrated in Figures 1 to 6 of the accompanying 1
Drawings,―
First. In combination with the revolving chuck A having jaws o
the inner and outer sleeves C, W, the former by intermittent recipro-
cating motion produced by the cam H feeding the stock a suitable
length through the chuck A, and the latter by a similar motion 2
produced by cam L alternately opening the jaws o to permit the
passage of the stock, and closing them to hold the stock to be operated
upon by suitable tools.
Second. In combination with the clutch fand die m upon the
reciprocating turret X the spindle Q prolonged to hold the friction 2
roller y for the purpose of enabling the die to be run off the screw
in the direction of its revolution, as herein described.
Third. The combination with cam H, connection 6, slecve C, and
clutch mechanism H, L, h, W, of the clutch-bearing turret X and
friction roller R, as herein described and for the purpose specified.
Fourth. In combination with the cam H, connection 6, sleeve C,
and clutch mechanism H, L, h, W, the cutter V, operated and operating
as described.
Fifth. In combination with the clutch-bearing turret X and friction
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page_text: Sixth. The combination of the cutter V, operating as herein described
with the cam H, connection b, sleeve C, and clutch méchanism H,
L, h, W, the clutch-bearing turret X, and friction roller R, for the
purpose specified.
And in connection with the part of my Invention illustrated in
Figures 7 to 20 of the accompanying Drawings, I claim,-
Seventh. The combination of the revolving head b and the two
rotating die holders 67 so geared together that when they rotate their
rotation will be in opposite directions, as herein described and for the
purposes specified.
Eighth. The combination of the revolving head b, the two contrarily
rotating die holders & equipped with the square collars c³ and the
locking guard c³, constructed and operating as herein described and for
the purpose specified.
:
Ninth. The combination of the revolving head b, the two contrarily
rotating die holders 67, equipped with the square collars c³ and the
pull-off c*, constructed and operating as herein described and for the
purposes specified.
Tenth. The combination of the revolving head b, the two contrarily
rotating die holders 67, the longitudinally reciprocating screwdriver rod d,
the weighted lever do, and the screwdriver blade d³, constructed and
operating as herein described and for the purposes specified.
Eleventh. The combination of the longitudinally reciprocating slide b²,
the head 6 provided with the notched collar f, the dog f³, and the cam i,
constructed and operating as herein described and for the purpose
specified.
Twelfth. The combination of the sliding plate 62, the head 6, provided
with the notched collar f, the ratchet and pawl f, ƒ³, the dog f³, the
stationary cam i, and the sliding cam 3, constructed and operating as
herein described and for the purpose specified.
Thirteenth. The combination of the sliding plate 62, the adjusting
screw 6, the standard 63, the stationary cam i, the sliding cam ³ with
its cam rod and actuating lever, the lever arm eº, and the head b
provided with the pins e, constructed and operating as herein described
and for the purpose specified.

page_text: Fourteenth. The combination of the sliding plate 63, the pull-off c³,
the pin e³, lever arm e, provided with the stop e", and the head b
equipped with the pins e³, constructed and operating as herein described
and for the purpose specified.
In witness whereof, I, the said Caleb McKinney Talcott, have
hereunto set my hand and seal, this Thirteenth day of March,
in the year of our Lord One thousand eight hundred and seventy-
four
Witness,
JAS. EDWARDS,
8, Southampton Buildings,
London.
. C. M. TALCOTT. (L.S.)