Albert F. Johnson
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US 15.635 Albert F. Johnson August 26, 1856
Assignor to himself and F. A. Houghton.
US 20.686 Albert F. Johnson June 22, 1858
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US 26.948 Albert F. Johnson January 31, 1860
US 30.487 Albert F. Johnson October 23, 1860
US 31.209 Johnson & Bartlett January 22, 1861
(Assignors, by Mesne assignments, to Singer & Clark of New York)
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In 1865 Mr. Clark bought out his partner and in 1867 a new firm was organized with the name of A. F. Johnson & Co., the works were enlarged and the manufacture of the well-known “Gold Medal” machine was begun.
In 1869 the firm was reorganized as a corporation, taking the name of the machine, with Mr. Clark as president and John Wilson Wheeler as secretary and treasurer.
The National Cyclopaedia of American Biography (1931/vol.21)
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