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Sholes, Soule and Glidden patent the "Type-Writer"; its keys are laid out like a small piano
The first document the Milwaukee-built machine ever produced was a city contract, typed by Sholes himself in his role as city comptroller.
By 1868, men had been attempting to mechanize handwriting for more than a century — with little to show for it. On June 23, 1868, C. Latham Sholes and his partners Samuel Soule and Carlos Glidden received a U.S. patent for what Sholes called the "Type-Writer," a machine whose first keys were laid out on two rows of ivory and ebony like a small piano. The first document it ever produced was a contract — written by Sholes himself, in his capacity as comptroller for the city of Milwaukee…
