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<h1 style="font-family:arial;">Chronology: The Beginning of his Career</h1>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-19315}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">2/11/1847</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Is born in Milan, Ohio. "}">Is born in Milan, Ohio.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1847-54"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">1847-54</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lives in Milan"}">Lives in Milan</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1854-63"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">1854-63</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Lives in Port Huron, Mich."}">Lives in Port Huron, Mich.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1859-60 Winter"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">1859-60 Winter</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Starts selling newspapers and candy on the trains of the Grand Trunk Railroad."}">Starts selling newspapers and candy on the trains of the Grand Trunk Railroad.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Spring of 1862"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">
<div>Spring of 1862</div>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Publishes and prints on the train his own newspaper, the Weekly Herald."}">
<div>Publishes and prints on the train his own newspaper, the Weekly Herald.</div>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":" Fall 1862"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">Fall 1862</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Studies telegraphy with James Mackenzie, station agent at Mount Clemens, Mich."}">Studies telegraphy with James Mackenzie, station agent at Mount Clemens, Mich.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Winter 1862-63 "}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">Winter 1862-63</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Begins work as a telegraph operator in Micah Walker's book and jewelry store in Port Huron."}">Begins work as a telegraph operator in Micah Walker's book and jewelry store in Port Huron.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Late Spring-Summer 1863"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">Late Spring-Summer 1863</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Starts job as a telegrapher for the Grand Trunk Railroad at Stratford Junction, Ont."}">Starts job as a telegrapher for the Grand Trunk Railroad at Stratford Junction, Ont.</td>
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<td colspan="1" rowspan="2" data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1863-1864"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">
<div>1863-1864</div>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Returns briefly to Port Huron."}">Returns briefly to Port Huron.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Works the night shift as a railroad telegrapher near Adrian, Mich., where he meets Ezra Gilliland for the first time."}">Works the night shift as a railroad telegrapher near Adrian, Mich., where he meets Ezra Gilliland for the first time.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1864-65 Fall-Winter"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">
<div>1864-65 Fall-Winter</div>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Is employed for two months as a railroad telegrapher in Fort Wayne, Ind."}">Is employed for two months as a railroad telegrapher in Fort Wayne, Ind.</td>
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1864-65 Fall-Winter
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Works in the Indianapolis, Ind., office of the Western Union Telegraph Co. and experiments on improvements in tele\u00ad graph repeaters."}">Works in the Indianapolis, Ind., office of the Western Union Telegraph Co. and experiments on improvements in tele­ graph repeaters.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1865 Spring-Fall"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">
<div>1865 Spring-Fall</div>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Works in the Cincinnati, Ohio, office of Western Union and experiments on self.:.adjusting relays."}">
<div>Works in the Cincinnati, Ohio, office of Western Union and experiments on self.:.adjusting relays.</div>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"17 September September"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">
<div>17 September September</div>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Becomes a founding member of the Cincinnati District of the National Telegraphic Union."}">Becomes a founding member of the Cincinnati District of the National Telegraphic Union.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Is promoted to telegraph operator first class."}">Is promoted to telegraph operator first class.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Begins designing devices for multiple telegraphy."}">Begins designing devices for multiple telegraphy.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1865-66 Fall-Spring"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">1865-66 Fall-Spring</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Becomes the regular press-wire operator in the Memphis, Tenn., office of the South-Western Telegraph Co.conducts repeater experiments"}">Becomes the regular press-wire operator in the Memphis, Tenn., office of the South-Western Telegraph Co.conducts repeater experiments</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Spring 1866"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">Spring 1866</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Enters Western Union's Louisville, Ky., office as a press-wire operator."}">Enters Western Union's Louisville, Ky., office as a press-wire operator.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-12262}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">6/4/1866</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Transfers his membership in the National Telegraphic Union to the Louisville District."}">Transfers his membership in the National Telegraphic Union to the Louisville District.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-12204}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">8/1/1866</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Leaves for New Orleans, La., planning to embark for Brazil. Returns to the Western Union office in Louisville after a short stay in Port Huron."}">Leaves for New Orleans, La., planning to embark for Brazil. Returns to the Western Union office in Louisville after a short stay in Port Huron.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Summer 1867"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">Summer 1867</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Returns to the Western Union office in Cincinnati."}">Returns to the Western Union office in Cincinnati.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11778}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">10/1/1867</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Returns to Port Huron."}">Returns to Port Huron.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"March-April 1868"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">March-April 1868</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Begins_work as an operator at the main Western Union office in Boston, Mass"}">Begins_work as an operator at the main Western Union office in Boston, Mass</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11585}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">4/11/1868</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Publishes in the Telegrapher the first of several articles on his telegraph inventions and on the Boston telegraph community."}">Publishes in the Telegrapher the first of several articles on his telegraph inventions and on the Boston telegraph community.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11504}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">7/1/1868</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Makes the first of several agreements with E. Baker Welch, a Boston businessman who helps finance his early inventive work."}">Makes the first of several agreements with E. Baker Welch, a Boston businessman who helps finance his early inventive work.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11477}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">7/28/1868</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Signs a caveat for a fire alarm telegraph and assigns the in\u00advention to Welch."}">Signs a caveat for a fire alarm telegraph and assigns the in­vention to Welch.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11400}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">10/13/1868</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Signs a patent application for an electric vote recorder, which later issues as his first patent."}">Signs a patent application for an electric vote recorder, which later issues as his first patent.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11300}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">1/21/1869</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sells rights in his first successful printing telegraph, the Bos\u00ad ton instrument, to Boston businessmenjoel Hills and Wil\u00adliam Plummer."}">Sells rights in his first successful printing telegraph, the Bos­ ton instrument, to Boston businessmenjoel Hills and Wil­liam Plummer.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11291}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">1/30/1869</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Announces his resignation from his job with Western Union in order to devote himself full time to inventing and to pur\u00adsuing various telegraph enterprises."}">Announces his resignation from his job with Western Union in order to devote himself full time to inventing and to pur­suing various telegraph enterprises.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Winter-Spring 1869"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">Winter-Spring 1869</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joins Frank Hanaford in establishing a business to produce and sell private-line telegraphs at 9 Wilson Lane in Boston."}">Joins Frank Hanaford in establishing a business to produce and sell private-line telegraphs at 9 Wilson Lane in Boston.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11218}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">4/13/1869</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Tries and fails to make his new double transmitter work be\u00ad tween Rochester and New York City."}">Tries and fails to make his new double transmitter work be­ tween Rochester and New York City.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"April-May 1869"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">April-May 1869</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Moves to New York City."}">Moves to New York City.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11149}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">6/21/1869</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Is issued his first telegraph patent (for the Boston instru\u00adment)."}">Is issued his first telegraph patent (for the Boston instru­ment).</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11108}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">8/1/1869</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Replaces Franklin Pope as superintendent of Samuel Laws's Gold and Stock Reporting Telegraph Co. in New York City and makes improvements on Laws's stock printer."}">Replaces Franklin Pope as superintendent of Samuel Laws's Gold and Stock Reporting Telegraph Co. in New York City and makes improvements on Laws's stock printer.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11066}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">9/12/1869</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Moves to Elizabeth, N.L and boards with Pope's mother."}">Moves to Elizabeth, N.L and boards with Pope's mother.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-11046}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">10/2/1869</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joins his partners Pope and James Ashley in advertising their newly formed Pope, Edison & Co. as a firm of electrical en\u00adgineers and telegraph contractors."}">Joins his partners Pope and James Ashley in advertising their newly formed Pope, Edison & Co. as a firm of electrical en­gineers and telegraph contractors.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Fall 1870"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">Fall 1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Operates a small shop in the electrical instrument factory of Leverett Bradley in Jersey City, NJ."}">Operates a small shop in the electrical instrument factory of Leverett Bradley in Jersey City, NJ.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10915}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">2/10/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Signs two contracts with George Field and Elisha Andrews of the Gold and Stock Telegraph Co. that provide funds for developing inventions and establishing a shop."}">Signs two contracts with George Field and Elisha Andrews of the Gold and Stock Telegraph Co. that provide funds for developing inventions and establishing a shop.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10920}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">2/5/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joins William Unger in establishing his first major shop, the Newark Telegraph Works."}">Joins William Unger in establishing his first major shop, the Newark Telegraph Works.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10848}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">4/18/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joins Pope and Ashley in assigning to the Gold and Stock Telegraph Co. their rights to printing telegraph patents. Engages Lemuel Serrell as patent attorney."}">Joins Pope and Ashley in assigning to the Gold and Stock Telegraph Co. their rights to printing telegraph patents. Engages Lemuel Serrell as patent attorney.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10835}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">5/1/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Engages Lemuel Serrell as patent attorney."}">Engages Lemuel Serrell as patent attorney.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10774}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">7/1/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Joins Pope, Ashley, Marshall Clifford Lefferts, and William Allen in establishing the American Printing Telegraph Co., an enterprise for providing private-line telegraphs."}">Joins Pope, Ashley, Marshall Clifford Lefferts, and William Allen in establishing the American Printing Telegraph Co., an enterprise for providing private-line telegraphs.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10741}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">8/3/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Signs an agreement with Daniel Craig to invent an improved perforator for automatic telegraphy."}">Signs an agreement with Daniel Craig to invent an improved perforator for automatic telegraphy.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10682}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">10/1/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Signs an agreement with George Harrington making them partners in the American Telegraph Works and providing Edison with funds for automatic telegraph experiments."}">Signs an agreement with George Harrington making them partners in the American Telegraph Works and providing Edison with funds for automatic telegraph experiments.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10664}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">10/19/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Negotiates with Marshall Lefferts to sell his newly designed universal private-line printer to Gold and Stock"}">Negotiates with Marshall Lefferts to sell his newly designed universal private-line printer to Gold and Stock</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10657}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">10/26/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Charles Batchelor begins employment at the American Tele\u00ad graph Works."}">Charles Batchelor begins employment at the American Tele­ graph Works.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10624}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">11/28/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The Automatic Telegraph Co. is incorporated and Harring\u00ad ton is named president."}">The Automatic Telegraph Co. is incorporated and Harring­ ton is named president.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10621}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">12/1/1870</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Pope, Edison & Co. announces its dissolution"}">Pope, Edison & Co. announces its dissolution</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Winter-Spring 1871"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">Winter-Spring 1871</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Designs perforators, transmitters, ink recorders, and type\u00ad writers for automatic telegraphy."}">Designs perforators, transmitters, ink recorders, and type­ writers for automatic telegraphy.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10497}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">4/4/1871</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Gives Harrington power of attorney for disposition of Edi\u00adson's share in all inventions relating to automatic telegraphy."}">Gives Harrington power of attorney for disposition of Edi­son's share in all inventions relating to automatic telegraphy.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10492}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">4/9/1871</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Edison's mother, Nancy, dies in Port Huron."}">Edison's mother, Nancy, dies in Port Huron.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Moves the Newark Telegraph Works from Railroad Ave. to Ward St. and changes the company's name to Edison and Unger."}">Moves the Newark Telegraph Works from Railroad Ave. to Ward St. and changes the company's name to Edison and Unger.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Manufactures his cotton instrument, developed for Gold and Stock under his contract with Field and Andrews."}">Manufactures his cotton instrument, developed for Gold and Stock under his contract with Field and Andrews.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10445}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">5/26/1871</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Sells the rights to his existing and future printing telegraph patents to Gold and Stock and becomes the company's con\u00ad sulting electrician."}">Sells the rights to his existing and future printing telegraph patents to Gold and Stock and becomes the company's con­ sulting electrician.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"28-29July"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">28-29July</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Begins series of four notebooks to record his inventive work on printing, automatic, and other forms of telegraphy."}">Begins series of four notebooks to record his inventive work on printing, automatic, and other forms of telegraphy.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"August"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">August</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Begins manufacturing his universal stock printer for Gold and Stock."}">Begins manufacturing his universal stock printer for Gold and Stock.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"October"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">October</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Employs Mary Stilwell for his News Reporting Telegraph Co., which sought to provide general and conunercial news in Newark."}">Employs Mary Stilwell for his News Reporting Telegraph Co., which sought to provide general and conunercial news in Newark.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10265}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">11/22/1871</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Purchases his first house, located on Wright St. in Newark."}">Purchases his first house, located on Wright St. in Newark.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10259}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">11/28/1871</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Buys stock in the street railway of his brother, William Pitt Edison, in Port Huron."}">Buys stock in the street railway of his brother, William Pitt Edison, in Port Huron.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10232}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">12/25/1871</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Marries Mary Stilwell."}">Marries Mary Stilwell.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"15-17 January 1872"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">15-17 January 1872</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Designs a district telegraph that he assigns to the American District Telegraph Co."}">Designs a district telegraph that he assigns to the American District Telegraph Co.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10199}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">1/27/1872</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Transforms his universal private-line printer into an electric typewriter for automatic telegraphy."}">Transforms his universal private-line printer into an electric typewriter for automatic telegraphy.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"January-February 1872"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">January-February 1872</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Fills laboratory notebooks with variations for his universal stock printer and his universal private-line printer."}">Fills laboratory notebooks with variations for his universal stock printer and his universal private-line printer.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10190}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">2/5/1872</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Becomes a parmer in J. T. Murray and Co., which later be\u00ad comes Edison and Murray."}">Becomes a parmer in J. T. Murray and Co., which later be­ comes Edison and Murray.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10104}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">5/1/1872</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Delivers first models of improved universal private-line printer to Gold and Stock."}">Delivers first models of improved universal private-line printer to Gold and Stock.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"May-June 1872"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">May-June 1872</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Supplies his universal stock printer to the Exchange Tele\u00ad graph Co. of London"}">Supplies his universal stock printer to the Exchange Tele­ graph Co. of London</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-10041}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">7/3/1872</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Agrees to purchase Unger's share in Edison and Unger, thereby dissolving their parmership."}">Agrees to purchase Unger's share in Edison and Unger, thereby dissolving their parmership.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-9551}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">11/5/1873</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Makes an agreement with Josiah Reiff to provide Edison with an annual salary while he works on automatic telegraph im\u00ad provements."}">Makes an agreement with Josiah Reiff to provide Edison with an annual salary while he works on automatic telegraph im­ provements.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-9877}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">12/14/1872</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"The Automatic Telegraph Co. opens for business using Edi\u00ad son's automatic telegraph improvements."}">The Automatic Telegraph Co. opens for business using Edi­ son's automatic telegraph improvements.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Fall"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">Fall</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Conducts tests of his automatic telegraph system on the lines of the Automatic Telelgraph Co. and the Southern and At\u00ad lantic Telegraph Co."}">Conducts tests of his automatic telegraph system on the lines of the Automatic Telelgraph Co. and the Southern and At­ lantic Telegraph Co.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-9819}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">2/10/1873</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Meets with William Orton, president of Western Union, and makes a verbal agreement to develop duplex telegraphy."}">Meets with William Orton, president of Western Union, and makes a verbal agreement to develop duplex telegraphy.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-9811}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">2/18/1873</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Edison's first daughter, Marion Estelle (\"Dot\"), is born in Newark."}">Edison's first daughter, Marion Estelle ("Dot"), is born in Newark.</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-9770}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">3/31/1873</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Agrees to develop a roman letter automatic telegraph for Harrington and Reiff"}">Agrees to develop a roman letter automatic telegraph for Harrington and Reiff</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"9-22 April 1873"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">9-22 April 1873</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Prepares ten patent applications on duplex telegraphy"}">Prepares ten patent applications on duplex telegraphy</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-9747}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">4/23/1873</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Leaves for England"}">Leaves for England</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"23-27 May 1873"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">23-27 May 1873</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Conducts tests of his automatic telegraph system for the British Post Office"}">Conducts tests of his automatic telegraph system for the British Post Office</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"1-15June 1873"}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">1-15June 1873</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Conducts tests of his automatic telegraph on a cable stored at the Greenwich works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co"}">Conducts tests of his automatic telegraph on a cable stored at the Greenwich works of the Telegraph Construction and Maintenance Co</td>
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<td data-sheets-value="{"1":3,"3":-9684}" data-sheets-numberformat="{"1":5,"2":"M/d/yyyy","3":1}">6/25/1873</td>
<td data-sheets-value="{"1":2,"2":"Arrives back in the United States"}">Arrives back in the United States</td>
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