[11]

Patent file 165831, records of the Patent Office in the National Archives, Washington, D. C.

[12]

Crossman, op. cit. ([footnote 8]), January 1888, p. 32.

[13]

Ibid., p. 33.

[14]

William B. Fowle’s “Cash book,” commenced January 1, 1873, and closed February 21, 1882, plus “Cash Book #5 Leaves 1 to 20 inclusive. All that were used up to my failure on August 4, 1883,” are in the author’s possession. They contain many entries on the “Watch Adventure” and later “Aub Watch Co.” mixed in with other entries referring to everything from killing pigs to extensive stock, bond, and real estate transactions.

[15]

U. S. Patent Office digest of assignments, vol. H9V, p. 13, stored at Franconia, Virginia, Accession no. 57A393.