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Smith, Lyman Cornelius

manufacturer, inventor, was born March 31, 1850, in Torrington, Conn. He developed a new typewriter, to which he gave the now well-known name of The Smith Premier. In 1893 his business was incorporated under the name of The Smith Premier Typewriter Co., Mr. Smith being the president; and this industry now gives employment to five hundred skilled mechanics in the factory and to two hundred people in connection with the sales department in the various branch offices in this country and in Europe.