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Linus Yale, Shelburne Falls, to G. G. Benedict, ALS:

Collection — manuscript box: 68 - folder 1

Identifier: 4986

Scope and content

Letter discussing how to open a lock, with diagrams.

Dates

1864.

Creator

Yale, Linus, 1821-1868. (Person)
Towne, Henry R. (Person)

Biographical / Historical

Linus Yale manufactured his first lock at Shelburne Falls, Mass. in 1851, known as the "Yale Infallible Bank Lock." He improved this lock between 1851 and 1860; received a patent for a "Cylinder Lock" in 1861; and, with Henry R. Towne established the Yale Lock Manufacturing Company in 1868, with a plant in Stamford, Connecticut.