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Figure 3 of Sholes US Patent 207,559 (1878) shows the now-standard QWERTY keyboard layout.
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Was the Patent Application for the Typewriter Handwritten?

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Thomas B. A. Chamberlain Fonds, 1891-1934

Inventor Name Chamberlain, Thomas B. A. Repository Library and Archives Canada395 Wellington StreetOttawa, ON K1A 0N4CANADAReference: 613-996-5115 or 1-866-578-7777 (toll free in Canada and the US)

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Reuben Kaufman Papers, 1924, 1926

Inventor Name Kaufman, Reuben (Rabbi) Repository American Jewish Historical Society15 West 16th StreetNew York, NY 10011212-294-6160http://www.ajhs.org/

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S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company, Brooks Typewriter Company Records, 1890-1897

Inventor Name S. S. White Dental Manufacturing Company

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Collier Family Papers, 1833-1896

Inventor Name Collier Family Repository Tennessee State Library and Archives403 Seventh Avenue NorthNashville, TN 37243-0312615-741-2764http://www.state.tn.us/sos/statelib/techsvs/

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Binney & Smith, Inc. Records, 1897-1998

Inventor Name Binney & Smith Inc.

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Frederick A. Wichelman Papers [manuscript], 1867-1912

Inventor Name Wichelman, Frederick A.

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Thomas Ladd Papers, 1808-1948 (bulk 1808-1834)

Inventor Name Ladd, Thomas Repository Library of Virginia800 East Broad StreetRichmond, VA 23219-8000804-692-3888http://www.lva.lib.va.us/whatwehave/

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Robert Guy Young Papers, 1891-1892

Inventor Name Young, Robert Guy

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Robert Scofield Condon Engineering Papers, ca. 1924-1973

Inventor Name Condon, Robert Scofield

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Burroughs Corporation Patent and Trademark Records, 1897-1990

Inventor Name Burroughs Corporation

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Ashmead Courtenay Carson Papers, 1874-1965

Inventor Name Carson, Ashmead Courtenay

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Daniel J. McQuaid Papers, 1943-1982

Inventor Name McQuaid, Daniel J. Repository Colorado Historical Society1300 BroadwayDenver, CO 80203-2137303-866-3682http://www.coloradohistory.org/

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Mary Robbins Hillard Papers, 1902-1931

Inventor Name Hillard, Mary Robbins Repository Connecticut Historical SocietyOne Elizabeth Street at Asylum AvenueHartford, CT 06105860-236-5621http://www.chs.org/

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Peter Gouled Papers, 1917-1968

Inventor Name Gouled, Peter Repository American Jewish Historical Society160 Herrick RoadNewton Centre, MA 02459617-559-8880http://www.ajhs.org/

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Philadelphia Typewriter Company Records, 1886-1902

Inventor Name Philadelphia Typewriter Company

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Public information subject files - Frances M. Hails files, ca.1923-1955

Inventor Name Pratt, John Repository Alabama Department of Archives & History624 Washington Ave.Montgomery, AL 36130-0100334-242-4435http://www.archives.state.al.us/

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Christopher Latham Sholes Letters, 1869-1889

Inventor Name Sholes, Christopher Latham

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Charles Thurber Correspondence, 1846

Inventor Name Thurber, Charles

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George F. Townsend Papers, 1861-1953

Inventor Name Townsend, George F.

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