1. Leander W. Langdon was also awarded a patent for an improvement in sewing machines on October 30, 1855.
2. Much of the information
on the Millers Falls Company's relationship with Langdon Mitre Box is courtesy
of the following:
Adie, Allan D. "75 years of honest endeavor."
Dyno-mite, December 1943, p. 18-19, 22.
"The Millers Falls Co." Hardware Dealers Magazine,
v. 43, no. 253, January 1915, p. 107-117.
3. Pratt's chuck was awarded United States Letters Patent no. 194,109.
4. The information on Lester & Lyman: Care, Pearl B., Burnett, Anastacia, and Felton, Doris A. The History of Erving, Massachusetts, 1838-1998. Erving, Mass. : Erving Historical Society, 1988. p. 31.
5. The company's "New Rogers" may have been the successor to the "Rogers" saw. An illustration and description of the Rogers saw can be found in: Price List of I.B. Farrington's ornamental designs for Scroll Sawing and All Kinds of Scroll Saw Machines. Brooklyn, N.Y. : I.B. Farrington, 1879. p.4. Reprinted for the Mid-West Tool Collectors Association by the Early Trades and Crafts Society, ca. 1977.
6. Barlow, Ronald S. The Antique Tool Collector's Guide to Value. Ed Cajon, Calif. : Windmill Publishing Co., 1989. p. 176.
7. The information on the company's use of tropical hardwoods and the role of women workers: "Millers Falls--its Wonderful Growth and Promising Future" Gazette and Courier. Greenfield, Mass., November 4, 1872. Transcribed by Barbara Stewart and available on the Web at the Franklin County Publication Archive Index.