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Discovering Tilton, References


Hall Memorial Library. This is the Public Library of the towns of Tilton and Northfield, NH. Picture from the National Register of Historic Places, ID 78000217. https://npgallery.nps.gov/AssetDetail/04dd870f-f403-429a-b707-05b7c151df7f/


In this post you will find the complete list of references for the pictures and citations throughout Parts I - IV of Discovering Tilton.


Picture References


This is a list of the pictures you will find throughout Discovering Tilton, in the order of appearance in each article. Refer to the Reference list for the full citation associated with each picture’s title. Note that titles followed by an asterisk (*) signify references that are unique to that picture, i.e., the citation was not used directly in the text. Note also that the numbers do not signify anything meaningful other than a personal reference for myself.


Part I: Tilton, NH and the Tilton Family


35_TiltonNHMap*: (Wellge, 1884)

41_PurchaseStFire*: (Bad Scare, 1893)

01_Tilton1869*: (Dunlap, 2000)

02_CharlesElliotTilton*: (Tilton Historical Society, 2024)

03_JeremiahCTilton: (Cross, 1905)

53_CheyenneRailroad*: (Wyoming Historical Society, 2024)

03_JeremiahCTiltonHomestead: (Cross, 1905)


Part II: Young Druggists Become Stationers


14_ThorpAndAdamsFactory: (American Stationer, 1888, p. 998)

04_ElliottGThrop: (Obituary, 1895)

05_DodgeBlock: (Central Labor Union, 1899)

05_DodgeBlock_Sign: (Central Labor Union, 1899)

38_DodgeBlock: (Ambler & Co., 1875, p. 52)

06_FairbanksWorcesterCountryDrug: (Drew, Allis, & Co., 1872)

07_FairbanksApothecaryDinsmoreDrug: (Drew, Allis, & Co., 1877

39_WorcesterDrugTilton: (Ambler & Co., 1875)

08_MerriamBookstoreTilton: (School Books, 1878) 

40_Merriam: (Diaries for 1880, 1879)

09_FrankTiltonStationer*: (Fleming, 1885)

10_MerriamBrown*: (Fitzgerald & Co., 1892)

42_WinkleyThorpDresser: (King, 1878)

13_ThorpAndAdams: (American Stationer, 1888, p. 998)

11_ThorpAndAdams (American Stationer, 1888, p. 202)

12_ThorpAndAdams (American Stationer, 1888, p. 344)

15_ThorpAndAdamsScrapbooks (American Stationer, 1888, p. 1279)


Part III: Mysteries Solved


56_Victor_index*: (TyepwriterGazette (a), 2021)

36_TiltonIncorporates: (New Corporations, 1888)

54_Victor_Tilton_PA*: (Victor Typewriter, 1889)

55_Victor_Tilton_MA_NY*: (Victor Typewriter, 1890)

43_ThorpStationeryPatent: (Thorp, 1889)

44_VictorIndexPatent01: (Tilton, 1889)

44_VictorIndexPatent02: (Tilton, 1889)

44_VictorIndexPatent03: (Tilton, 1889)

44_VictorIndexPatent04: (Tilton, 1889)

46_VictorImprovementPatent01: (Jacobs, 1889)

49_SmythMfgCoHartfordCT*: (Enrico, 2021)

46_VictorImprovementPatent03: (Jacobs, 1889)

48_VictorInventorsCyclopaedia: (Adams, 1895, p. 332)

51_TiltonTypewriter01: (Tilton, 1884)

51_TiltonTypewriter02: (Tilton, 1884)

51_TiltonTypewriter03: (Tilton, 1884)

51_TiltonTypewriter04: (Tilton, 1884)

51_TiltonTypewriter05: (Tilton, 1884)

57_Cruz_Patent01: (Escobár, 1888)

57_Cruz_Patent02: (Escobár, 1888)

58_Victor_index_Comparison2*: (TypewriterGazette (a), 2024)

59_World_index_Comparison2*: (TypewriterGazette (b), 2024)

60_World_index*: (TypewriterGazette (b), 2021)

19_WorldTypewriter: (Dewey, 1887).

17_WorldTypewriter: (World Typewriter, 1887)

20_BeckerBrothers: (Becker Bros., 1893)

16_WorldTypewriter: (American Magazine Publishing Co., 1888)

18_WorldTypewriter: (World Typewriter, 1888)

21_WorldTypewriter: (Masson & Bates (a), 1889)

22_WorldTypewriter: (Masson & Bates (b), 1889)

23_Victor-World1: (American Stationer, 1889)

23_Victor-World2: (American Stationer, 1889)

28_BostonCongressStFromPOSquare: (Mercantile Illustrating Co. 1895)

24_WorldTypewriterImprovementCo: (Parsons Publishing Co., 1892)

26_WorldLimitedStock: (Perry Mason & Co., 1894)

25_WorldOfficePics: (New “World” Typewriter, 1893)


Part IV: What a Tangled Web They Wove


33_VictorFactoryFloorNewYorkAssemblingRoom: (Victor Typewriter Factory, 1909)

61_Franklin*: (TypewriterGazette, 2019)

52_ThorpMartinWillardWin: (Thorp & Co Win, 1894)

29_ThorpMartinReceipt: ([Thorp & Martin Co. receipt], 1894)

62_Obituary_ElliottGThorp: (Obituary, 1895)

27_FranklinCutterTower: (Mercantile Illustrating Co., 1895, p. 202)

63_12Milk_ThorpMartin*: (Thorp & Martin, 1895)

64_12AMilk_CutterTower*: (Franklin, 1895)

65_12Milk_WinkleyDresser*: (Favorite Pen, 1885)

66_Successions-of-Companies*: (Diaries for 1879, 1878)

30_ThorpMartinReceipt1900: ([Thorp & Martin Co. receipt], 1900)

31_ThorpMartinBusinessCard: ([Thorp & Martin Co. trade card], n.d.)

67_FranklinPatent: (Kidder, 1891)

32_VictorFactoryNewYork1: (Victor Typewriter Factory, 1909)

33_VictorFactoryFloorNewYorkAssemblingRoom: (Victor Typewriter Factory, 1909)

33_VictorFactoryFloorNewYorkToolDept: (Victor Typewriter Factory, 1909)

34_VictorFactoryFloorNewYorkDrillingDept: (Victor Typewriter Factory, 1909)

34_VictorFactoryFloorNewYorkPolishingDept: (Victor Typewriter Factory, 1909)

34_VictorFactoryFloorNewYorkScrewMillingDept: (Victor Typewriter Factory, 1909)

34_VictorFactoryFloorNewYorkToolDept2: (Victor Typewriter Factory, 1909)

68_TracklessTrolley: (Upham, 1903)

69_FireproofStairs: (Piccardi, 1905)

70_VictorFinalAd*: (Charles Scribner’s Sons, 1890)


In-Text References


This is a list of the citations you will find throughout Discovering Tilton, in alphabetical order across all four parts.


Adams, Charles Kendall (ed.). (1895). Johnson’s University Cyclopaedia, v. 8. D. Appleton and Company: New York. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015035555021 


Adler, Michael. (1997). Victor (1). Antique Typewriters: From Creed to QWERTY. p. 194. Schiffer Publishing, Ltd.: Atglen, PA.


Ambler, James A. & Co., pub. (1875). Worcester Illustrated. James A. Ambler & Co.: Worcester, MA. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t2x34xz5d&seq=64&q1=Tilton


American Magazine Publishing Co., The (pub.). (1888, November). Miscellaneous (advertisements). The American Magazine, 9(1). pg. 25. The American Magazine Publishing Co.: New York. https://books.google.com/books?id=NFRWD_FRKOUC&pg=PT5 


American Stationer. (1888, January 26, February 2 & 16, April 12). The American Stationer, 23(4, 5, 7, 15). https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090917224&view=1up&seq=193&q1=thorp 


American Stationer. (1889). The American Stationer. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090917349


Bad Scare (1893, January 12). A Bad Scare. The Boston Post, p. 5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/72124252 


Becker Bros. (1893, January). The American Bookmaker, v. 16(1). p. xviii. https://www.google.com/books/edition/American_Printer_and_Bookmaker/GoXnAAAAMAAJ?hl=en&pg=PR18


Becker, George (a). (1891, June 30). Type-Writing Machine. (U. S. Patent 454,837). United States Patent Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/US454837 


Becker, George (b). (1891, July 7). Type-Writing Machine. (U. S. Patent 455,299). United States Patent Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/US455299 


Becker, John. (1886, October 12). Type-Writing Machine. (U. S. Patent 350,717). United States Patent Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/US350717


Becker, John & Becker, George. (1891, August 11). Type-Writing Machine. (U. S. Patent 457,336). United States Patent Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/US457336 


Best, Ernst M. (Ed.) (1907). Typewriter Topics, the Office Equipment Magazine aka Business Equipment Topics, v. 6(1), pg. 15. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433035151277&seq=21&q1=Franklin


Blank Books. (1879, July 28). Gazette and Courier, v. 87(4575), p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/840230385 


Bob L. (2022, April 28). Mary Jane “Jennie” Wedge Tilton. Find a Grave, database and images. Memorial ID 239277588. Retrieved on July 6, 2024: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/239277588/mary_jane_tilton 


Boston. (1891, February 12). Boston, from our regular correspondence. The American Stationer, v. 29(7), pg. 310. https://www.google.com/books/edition/The_American_Stationer/NT1YAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&pg=PA310


Boston. (1895, August 1). Boston, from our regular correspondence. The American Stationer, v. 38(5), pg. 178. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090917356&seq=184 


Boston Almanac. (1891). Boston Almanac and Business Directory. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=eYEBAAAAYAAJ&rdid=book-eYEBAAAAYAAJ&rdot=1


Business Changes. (1878, September 16). Business Changes, The American Bookseller, 6(6), p. 311. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn43x1&seq=311&q1=Thorp


Business Corporations. (1887). State of Maine. Business Corporations, Incorporated by Special Acts and Organized Under General Law, with changes in names, capital stock, directors, etc.; also list of those excused from making annual returns. 1820-1887. p. 122. Sprague & Son: Augusta. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044097419170&seq=304


Leypoldt, F. (founder). (1885, August 22). Business Notes. The Publishers’ Weekly, v. 28(8), p. 227. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.b4171002&seq=241 


Business troubles. (1893, July 7) Business troubles. The Boston Daily Globe, v. 44(7), pg. 9. https://www.newspapers.com/image/429130618/?terms=thorp%20manufacturing&match=1


C. P. (2021, September 14). Fred George Tilton. Find a Grave, database and images. Memorial ID 232079714. Retrieved on July 1, 2024: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/232079714/fred-george-tilton 


Cameron, A. C. (ed.). (1889, July). The Inland Printer, v. 6(10), pp. 906-907. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951001898733k&seq=948


Central Labor Union (pub). (1899). Illustrated History of The Central Labor Union and the Building Trades Council of Worcester and Vicinity. Central Labor Union and the Building Trades Council: Worcester, MA. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433010799561


Charles Scribner’s Sons (ed.). (1890, June). Scribner’s Magazine, v. 7(6), p. 44. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=mdp.39015014288123&seq=848 


Claremont, pub. (1873). Business Directory. The New-Hampshire Register, and Farmers’ Almanac for 1873. Claremont Manufacturing Company: Claremont, NH, pg 226. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d02982254v&seq=236&q1=Thorp


Claremont, pub. (1874). Business Directory. The New-Hampshire Register, and Farmers’ Almanac for 1874. Claremont Manufacturing Company: Claremont, NH, pg 193. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d02982255t&seq=195&q1=Thorp 


Copy Death Notice. (1895, November 29). The United Opinion, 15(6), p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/389180578


Correspondence. (1893, July 6). The American Stationer, v. 34(1), p. 1. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433090917232 


County Officers. (1874, March 9). Cheyenne Daily Leader, v. 7(135), p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/867210166 


Court Reports. (1876, July 7). Boston Evening Transcript, v. 49(15,095), p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/735114331


Cross, Lucy R. H. (1905). History of Northfield, New Hampshire 1780-1905: In two parts with many biographical sketches and portraits also pictures of public buildings and private residences. Concord, N.H.: Rumford printing co. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.32044025028465&seq=915


Dawson, Edward M. (1899). Clerks in Post-Offices, Massachusetts. Official Register of the United States, Containing a List of the Officers and Employees in the Civil, Military, and Naval Service, Together with a List of Vessels Belonging to the United States, July 1, 1899, v. 2, p. 509. Government Printing Office: Washington. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=uc1.d0000414946


Death. (1882, September 25). Fall River Daily Evening News, 24(99), p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/589884515


Death of Frank. (1902, September 10). Death of Frank L. Tilton: Passed Away at his Home on Church Street. The North Adams Transcript, v. 8(91), p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/545520478 


Dewey, Melvil (ed.) (1887, March). Library Notes, 1(4). p. 294. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hc3ydj&seq=298 


Diaries for 1879. (1878, December 11). Boston Post, 95(139), p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/82294272 


Diaries for 1880. (1879, December 8). Gazette and Courier, v. 87(4594), pp. 1-2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/840230554 


Died. (1882, September 25). Died. Fall River Daily Herald, The, 11(72), p. 1. https://www.newspapers.com/image/616915509


Drew, Allis, & Co. (pub.) (1872, January 15). Drugs and Chemicals. Worcester Directory, No. 29. Drew, Allis & Co.: Worcester, MA. p. 356. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn4ht5&seq=374


Drew, Allis, & Co. (pub.) (1877, January 15). Advertising Department. Worcester Directory, No. 34. Drew, Allis & Co.: Worcester, MA. p. 463. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn4hsx&seq=459


Dunlap, Sue S. (2000, October 1). Tilton, New Hampshire. Longyear Museum. https://www.longyear.org/learn/research-archive/coming-of-age-in-tilton-1836-1853/ 


Earp, Jacki. (2018, November 27). Joseph Webster Thorp. Find a Grave, database and images. Memorial ID 195010363. Retrieved July 27, 2024: https://www.findagrave.com/memorial/195010363/joseph_webster_thorp 


Elliott. (1895, November 24). Elliott G. Thorp Dead. The Boston Sunday Globe, v. 48(147), p. 9. https://www.newspapers.com/image/430762773


Elliott T. Tilton. (1917, February 10). The Gazette and Courier, v. 124/ v. 77(6). p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/840189867


English, Analdo M. (1892, August 30). Type-Writing Machine. (U. S. Patent 481,855). United States Patent Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/US481855 


Enrico. (2021). Smyth Manufacturing Company. Fiddlebase. https://www.fiddlebase.com/american-machines/smyth-manufacturing-company/ 


Escobár, Juan de la Cruz. (1888, May 1). Type-Writing Machine. (U. S. Patent 382,146). United States Patent Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/US382146


F. S. Blanchard & Co. (pub.). (1899, June). Massachusetts Year Book and Business Directory, No. 5. F. S. Blanchard & Co.: Worcester. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn4gzr 


Family Tree of John Tilton. (n. d.). Family Search. Accessed July 5, 2024. https://www.familysearch.org/tree/pedigree/landscape/LDDB-TBF 


Favorite Pen. (1885, December 7). Boston Evening Transcript, v. 58(17981), p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/735313883 


Fitzgerald & Co. (pub.) (1892). Greenfield Directory. Fitzgerald & Co.: Worcester, MA. p. 16. https://archive.org/details/greenfielddirect1892unse/page/16


Fleming, F. H. (pub.). (1885). Annual Record of North Adams and its People Showing their Particular and Social History and the Most Interesting Events During the Year 1885, v. 1, p. iv. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t3611631h&seq=10 


Frank L. Tilton. (1902, September 10). Frank L. Tilton of North Adams. Boston Evening Transcript, v. 73, p. 11. https://www.newspapers.com/image/735423289 


Frank L. Tilton Dead. (1902, September 10). The Meriden Daily Journal, v. 33(61), p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/675100823 


Franklin. (1895, January 5). The Vermont Journal, v. 50(1), p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/490844798


Fudacz, Greg. (n. d.). Unfound: The Tilton Typewriter. The Antikey Chop. Accessed June 2, 2024. https://www.antikeychop.com/tiltontypewriter 


Funeral of Thorp. (1895, November 26). Funeral of Elliott G. Thorp. Boston Evening Transcript, v. 66, pg. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/735438895


Girls. (1885, August 27). Female Help Wanted. The Boston Daily Globe, 28(58), p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/430674035


Gove v. Tower, Appeal Book, (N.Y. Sup. Ct., App. Div. - 1st Dept., 1907). https://www.google.com/books/edition/case_on_Appeal/WmiCVr0W5BYC?hl=en&pg=RA1-PA128 


Greenfield. (1907, August 24). The Gazette and Courier, v. 115/ v. 68(33), p. 6. https://www.newspapers.com/image/840165513


Greenfield Items. (1902, September 20). The Gazette and Courier, v. 111/ v. 64(36), p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/840122506


Guernsey, D. L., pub. (1872). Business Directory. The New-Hampshire Register, and Farmers’ Almanac for 1872. D. L. Guernsey: Concord, NH, pg 178. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=umn.31951d02982253x&seq=222 


Harrisburg Publishing Co. (pub.) (1905). Charters of Corporations. List of Charters of Corporations Enrolled in the Office of the Secretary of the Commonwealth During the Two Years Beginning June 1, 1903 and Ending May 31, 1905 Under the Provisions of Section 45 of the Act of April 29, 1874, as Amended by the Act of June 7, 1901, and an Alphabetical List of Foreign Corporations Registered Under the Requirements of the Act of April 22, 1874, During the Two Years Ending May 31, 1905. p. 202. Harrisburg Publishing Co.: Pennsylvania. https://www.google.com/books/edition/List_of_Charters_of_Corporations_Enrolle/aUMoAAAAYAAJ?hl=en&gbpv=1&pg=RA1-PA202 


Hill, Chas. F., pub. (1873). Paid Current Expenses. Annual Report of the Selectmen, Board of Education and Superintending School Committee of the Town of TIlton, for the Year Ending March 1, 1873, Chas. F. Hill, Power Printer, and Stationer: Tilton, NH, pg. 4. https://scholars.unh.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1101&context=tilton_nh_reports 


History of Cheyenne. (2024). City of Cheyenne: Welcome to Cheyenne, Wyoming. Accessed July 6, 2024. https://www.cheyennecity.org/Explore-Cheyenne/History-of-Cheyenne 


Howard, Martin. (n.d.). Victor Typewriter. The Martin Howard Collection. Accessed April 16, 2024: https://www.antiquetypewriters.com/typewriter/victor-typewriter/


Hurd, Duane Hamilton (ed.). (1885). History of Merrimack and Belknap Counties, New Hampshire. Philadelphia: J. W. Lewis & Co. Transcribed by Janice Brown. New Hampshire Genealogy & History at SearchRoots. www.nh.searchroots.com/documents/History_Tilton_NH.txt 


Int’l Pub. Co. (pub.). (1886). Leading Manufacturers and Merchants of Central and Western Massachusetts. Historical and Descriptive Review of the Industrial Enterprises of Worcester, Hampden, Hampshire, Berkshire, and Franklin Counties. p. 325. International Publishing Company, Publishers: New York. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t4pk0r80n&seq=311 


Isaiah P. Pope. (1876, September 1). Fall River Daily Evening News, v. 18(79), p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/589933398


Jacob, Thomas (ed. & pub.) (a). (1898, June 22). Graduating Exercises of the Klein School of Optics. The Jewelers Review, v. 30(25), pp. 14-15. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433115135810&seq=285 


Jacob, Thomas (ed. & pub.) (b). (1898, June 29). New Business Ventures. The Jewelers Review, v. 30(26), p. 24. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433115135810&seq=326 


Jacobs, Arthur I. (1889, August 20). Printing Mechanism for Type-Writing Machines. (U. S. Patent 409,289). United States Patent Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/US409289


Jottings About Town. (1872, January 23). The Corinne Daily Reporter, v. 5, p. 3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/285674713 


Jottings of the Trade. (1902, July 24). Geyer’s Stationer, v. 34(820). https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433108136973&seq=117


Kidder, Wellington P. (1891, December 8). Type-Writing Machine. (U. S. Patent 464,504). United States Patent Office. https://patents.google.com/patent/US464504 


King, Moses (pub.). (1878). King’s Handbook of Boston, Profusely Illustrated. Moses King: Cambridge, MA, p. 144. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=loc.ark:/13960/t0vq33785 


Lawsuit Franklin Cutter-Tower. (1904). Reports of cases heard and determined in the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court of the State of New York. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Reports_of_cases_heard_and_determined_in/rrtOAQAAIAAJ?hl=en&pg=PA177



Legal Notices. (1877, March 20). Boston Evening Transcript, v. 50(15,312), p. 7. https://www.newspapers.com/image/734922531


Local Lines. (1890, February 7). The Boston Daily Globe, v. 37(38), p. 2. https://www.newspapers.com/image/430830001


Local Short Notes. (1903, October 7). The Greenfield Recorder, v. 4(40), p. 4. https://www.newspapers.com/image/840131799


MA State Vital Records. (1890, May 21). “Charles Edwin Tilton and Fannie L. Clapp”. Waltham, Middlesex, MA, FamilySearch. Retrieved from https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:N4S7-DX7 


MA State Vital Records. (1907, August 19). Entry for Emma Tilton. “Massachusetts State Vital Records, 1841-1925”, FamilySearch. Retrieved on July 1, 2024 from: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:NWRX-L7B 


MA Vital & Town Records. (1876). Births Registered in the City of Boston During the Year 1876. Entry for Marion Gould Thorpe. “Massachusetts, Town Clerk, Vital and Town Records, 1626-2001", FamilySearch. Retrieved July 2, 2024 from: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:DCBY-K2MM 


Martin, John A. (ed.). (1865, June 8). Summary of News. Atchison Daily Champion, v. 1, pp. 2-3. https://www.newspapers.com/image/388976295 


Masson, F. N. & Bates, George (eds.) (a) (1889, May). Clothier and Furnisher, 18(10). p. 42. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433062750744&seq=232


Masson, F. N. & Bates, George (eds.) (b) (1889, June). Clothier and Furnisher, 18(11). p. 74. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=nyp.33433062750744&seq=330 


Mayhew, Ira. (1875). Practical Book-Keeping: Embracing Single and Double Entry, Commercial Calculations, and the Philosophy and Morals of Business. Nichols and Hall: Boston. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=hvd.hn27kq&seq=9 


Mekouar, Dora. (2019, May 7). Can Kissing Cousins Wed in the US? Voice of America. Accessed July 5, 2024. https://www.voanews.com/a/can-kissing-cousins-wed-in-the-us-/4907000.html 


Memorial. (1872, June 19). The Deseret News, v. 21(20), p. 282. https://www.newspapers.com/image/286347232 


Mercantile Illustrating Co (pub). (1895). Cutter-Tower Company. Boston with its Points of Interest, with Illustrations from Original Photographs. pg. 292. Mercantile Illustrating Company: New York. https://www.google.com/books/edition/Boston_with_Its_Points_of_Interest/6TQhKwyxSzgC?hl=en


Messenger, Robert. (a) (2011, June 14). The Wonderfully Complicated World of the Simplex Typewriter. ozTypewriter: The Wonderful World of Typewriters. https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2011/06/wonderfully-complicated-world-of.html


Messenger, Robert. (b) (2011, August 16). On This Day in Typewriter History (LXXXV). ozTypewriter: The Wonderful World of Typewriters. https://oztypewriter.blogspot.com/2011/08/on-this-day-in-typewriter-history-lxxxv.html


Moses, Adolph, ed. (1905, March 9). New Corporations: Massachusetts. The National Corporation Reporter, v. 30(3), pg. 84. https://babel.hathitrust.org/cgi/pt?id=coo.31924087643163&seq=85


Mrs. Frank L. Tilton. (1901, November 27). The North Adams Transcript, v. 7(154), p. 5. https://www.newspapers.com/image/545441915 


Munk, Ted. (2017, February 18). Victor (index) Typewriter Serial Numbers. The Typewriter Database. https://typewriterdatabase.com/victor_index.844.typewriter-serial-number-database


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