[21]

The Newton directory at this time was issued biennially on odd numbered years.

[22]

S. F. Smith, History of Newton, Massachusetts, Boston 1880, p. 833.

[23]

U. S. patent 65208, issued May 28, 1867, all rights assigned to Giles, Wales and Co., March 4, 1867 and recorded March 8, 1867, at U. S. Patent Office, liber G9, p. 100.

[24]

In the U. S. National Museum, cat. no. 309021.

[25]

U. S. patent 179746, issued July 11, 1876.