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1610: 176:. James O. Clephane led the funeral procession of his friend and employer, President Abraham Lincoln, down Pennsylvania Avenue as a civic marshal, and was followed by "three hundred marshals and assistant marshals, eleven Major-Generals, eighty-four Brigadier- Generals, twelve hundred other military officers, one hundred and fifty naval officers including Vice Admiral Farragut, and one hundred and eight Senators and mem- bers of Congress. In the procession were eighteen thousand. The witnesses were estimated at one hundred and fifty thousand." 1605: 500:, and occupied an influential role in Washington's high political society. James O. Clephane and Lewis maintained close relations with President Lincoln and his family. Lewis Clephane is also credited with founding the Republican Party and early abolitionist efforts amid majority pro-slavery elites in Washington. Further, Lewis Clephane went on to be the publisher of pro-Lincoln newspaper, The 399:
called, and asked Clephane for financial backing for the venture. Clephane, in turn, tried out each of the models of what would become the typewriter. Clephane subjected them to such unsparing tests that he destroyed them, one after another, as fast as they could be made and sent to him. His judgements were similarly caustic, causing Sholes to lose his patience and temper.
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It produced print by lithography, which was problematic. Clephane made the suggestion of using stereography instead, and Mergenthaler began to research this approach, for which Clephane provided financial backing. By 1879, it was still in development. Mergenthaler designed a line casting machine, but
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might well point. But all the subterfuges practiced today in the winning of friends and the influencing of people would have availed Clephane little without his dynamic, irrepressible faith. He had a kind of Napoleonic power that seemed to go with his little stature. Men flocked about him and he led
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Said he to Densmore: "I am through with Clephane!" Densmore's comment was: "This candid fault-finding is just what we need. We had better have it now than after we begin manufacturing. Where Clephane points out a weak lever or rod let us make it strong. Where a spacer or an inker works stiffly, let
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by the prosecution. He was one of several individuals who testified about a speech that Johnson had made in Washington, D.C., on August 18, 1866. Clephane had, at the time of the speech, made a report on it as a phonographic reporter. Along with the other witnesses, he corroborated that the wording
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Clephane was intent upon his problem. He was constantly stretching out his antennae for new ideas. It is not surprising that such a man should provide a center for gadget-fanciers. It is more so that this center, once established, became such a magnet for investors. Perhaps it was the great idea
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began to pursue commercial development of their machine, they realized that stenographers would be among the first and most important users, and sent experimental versions to many stenographers, one of whom was Clephane. The pair had tried previously to develop a "writing machine" as they were
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the material and prepare it for publication. "I want to bridge the gap between the typewriter and the printed page" he declared in 1872, and began to pursue the invention of a machine for typesetting. Along with Charles T. Moore, he devised a machine which cast type from
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By 1883, the machine was perfected and patented in 1884. Meanwhile, Clephane had formed the National Typographic Company for manufacturing it, with a capitalization of $ 1 million and named Mergenthaler as manager of its Baltimore factory. The company became the
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in the Locke Steel Belt Company, the Linomatrix Machine Company, the National Typographic Company, the Aurora Mining Company, the Horton Basket Machine Company, the Fowler-Henkle Printing Press Company, the Oddur Machine Company, in several of which he was the
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was working at the time. Mergenthaler immediately suggested casting the type from a metal matrix instead, and set to work on a typesetting machine, spending a year redesigning it until in the summer of 1877 he felt he had a working prototype.
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Sholes took this advice and improved the machine at every iteration, until they were satisfied that Clephane had taught them everything he could. The first seven typewriters ever sold were built for Clephane's own employees. The historian
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identified this fact that "it had been developed under the fire of an unrelenting critic" as one of the circumstances that distinguished the Sholes typewriter. Clephane's contribution has also been used as an example for
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Although the typewriter would go into commercial production only in 1873, Clephane recognised that it would solve part of his problems, as notes could now be transcribed quickly, but it would still take long to
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then tore up the plans in frustration. Clephane encouraged him to continue; he remained confident in the value of the invention despite all the scepticism and financial embarrassments that accompanied it.
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union. Clephane Sr. was a member of the Original Inhabitants of Washington D.C., an elite group of original men with deep societal and political ties for generations in the nation's capital.
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matrices indented by mechanically assembled characters, but it had numerous defects which they were unable to rectify. Moore approached August Hahl in 1876, with whom
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them forward toward the avatar. If any faltered, Clephane would kick him back on his feet. He was harsh, merciless, dominant when the idea was before him.
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Extracts from the Journal of the United States Senate In All Cases of Impeachment Presented By The United States House of Representatives (1798-1904)
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of New York, New Jersey, West Virginia, and other iterations that had paid its stockholders and founders dividends over a three-year period of over
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writer and developer of early shorthand writing systems. His exceptional ability brought him early in contact with such men as President
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The history of the typewriter, successor to the pen: An illustrated account of the origin, rise, and development of the writing machine
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There were many patents for "writing machines" throughout the 19th century, but the only one to become commercially successful was the
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James O. Clephane was known to be a superb typist, and worked as a stenographer for high courts in Washington, D.C., as well as in
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who was the guardian of Clephane's cousin, Margaret Clephane. She would go on to marry Spencer Compton and become the second
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Lewis Clephane would remain in Washington, D.C., as a key figure in the city's upper echelon, and becoming a co-founder of
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which drew the support. There was much, to be sure, in the persuasive personality of Clephane—a personality to which Mr.
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119,000,000 (in 2023 dollars). His family moved to an estate in Englewood, New Jersey and are consistently listed in the
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The Standard American Encyclopedia of Arts, Sciences, History, Biography, Geography, Statistics, and General Knowledge
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The Clephane family can be traced back to the family's noble roots, with their initial settlement in what is now
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alongside Col. B. B. French. The procession had an estimated 18,000 participants and 150,000 spectators.
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J.O. Clephane served as the lead civic marshal in the procession through Washington, D.C. following
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Besides the typewriter and the linotype machine, he was also involved in the development of the
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The Clephane family was prominent among elites in Washington, D.C. James O. Clephane's brother
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Clephane was involved in improving, promoting and supporting several inventions during the
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throughout the 19th and 20th century, as was Lewis Clephane's family in Washington, D.C.
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quickly and produce multiple copies, as was required. Thus he was enthusiastic when the
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James Clephane Sr. emigrated to America in 1817, and subsequently moved to what is now
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was successfully completed and commercialized by his colleagues and business associate
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James Ogilvie Clephane's father, James Clephane Sr., is known to have been close with
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on Thanksgiving Day (November 24) in 1910, and died six days later. He was living in
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us make it work smoothly. Then, depend upon Clephane for all the praise we deserve."
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of Washington, D.C. His son, Walter Clephane, would remain prominent and lived in
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Clephane, Walter C. (1918). "Lewis Clephane: A Pioneer Washington Republican".
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The Linotype Machine: Thomas Edison called it the "Eighth Wonder of the World"
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in 1885. It had its first "commercial demonstration" on July 3, 1886, before
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His role in surprisingly many inventions is explained by Roger Burlingame:
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while in Edinburgh, and was for some time the president of the Columbia
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Romano, Frank (2014). "Mackey's 1936 History of the Linotype Company".
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while in Edinburgh. He was for some time the president of the Columbia
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Men and Women of America: A Biographical Dictionary of Contemporaries
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Clark, Allen C. (1925). "Abraham Lincoln in the National Capital".
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In the late 19th century, James Ogilvie Clephane relocated to the
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Testifying witnesses of the impeachment trial of Andrew Johnson
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Engines of Democracy: Inventions and Society in Mature America
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Clephane would eventually move his family from their downtown
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Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C
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Records of the Columbia Historical Society, Washington, D.C
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Romano, Frank (2014). "Mergenthaler Linotype Chronology".
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until October 1910 when he was succeeded by Norman Dodge.
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While a court reporter, he began to seek easier ways to
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Inventor, politician, court reporter, venture capitalist
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Trial of Andrew Johnson, President of the United States
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Intellectual Property Law for Engineers and Scientists
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Romano, Frank J (June 1, 2003), "Bridging the gap",
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who had assisted in setting up the first edition of
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Clephane was a highly competent 1495: 1310: 1148:, vol. 27, no. 6, p. 48, 195:. He has been called the "father of the 1256:"Boston Stock Market: Financial Notes." 1195: 1064: 1062: 1020: 1014: 946:"Old Washington. The Typos of 1820-30." 943: 693: 691: 689: 394:When Sholes and his business associate 1895: 1436: 1413: 1143: 1094: 865: 863: 797: 707: 1913:American manufacturing businesspeople 1521: 1386: 1227: 1040: 766: 353:, residence to a substantial home in 1933:Businesspeople from Washington, D.C. 1928:19th-century American businesspeople 1075:, New York: Henry Holt and Company, 1068: 1059: 892: 890: 686: 361:at 45 Broadway, New York, New York. 1868:Impeachment managers investigation 860: 836:, Columbia Historical Society, 1918 16:American businessman and politician 13: 1228:Spear, Michael (August 15, 1996), 523:, the Clephanes acquired lands of 14: 1959: 1569:Efforts to impeach Andrew Johnson 1337: 916: 887: 519:. 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RIT Press. pp. 49–74. 680: 635:, making "one of the leading 605:Mergenthaler Linotype Company 482:Family History and Reputation 476:Mergenthaler Linotype Company 455:Mergenthaler Printing Company 422:in developing their product. 371:Sholes and Glidden typewriter 364: 325:president's private secretary 261:, and into the 20th century. 206: 1923:American venture capitalists 7: 1938:High society (social class) 1364:"Carslogie House | Canmore" 1202:, Wiley-IEEE, p. 156, 1196:Rockman, Howard B. (2004), 1045:, London: Guilbert Putnam, 1010:– via Newspapers.com. 506:K Street (Washington, D.C.) 306:On April 3, 1868, Clephane 257:post-Civil War, during the 10: 1964: 1812:Witnesses for the defense 1470:Burlingame, Roger (1976), 1072:Leading American Inventors 906:, p. 3, June 28, 1880 601:New York metropolitan area 368: 318:, having been called as a 1861: 1678: 1617: 1601: 1582: 1563: 1503:"MRS. JAMES O. CLEPHANE." 648:. 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Washington, DC
Englewood, NJ
Lewis Clephane
inventor
Abraham Lincoln
private secretary
William Seward
venture capitalist
Washington, D.C.
New York City
Gilded Age
typewriter
graphophone
linotype machine
linotype machine
typewriter
Washington, D.C.
Edinburgh
Scotland
Norman Conquest
typographer
Sir Walter Scott
Waverley
Typographical
Lewis Clephane
Abraham Lincoln
high society
Gilded Age
shorthand

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