Part 6

DURYEA, op. cit. (footnote 5), p. 6.

Copy of contract in Museum files.

Affidavit of William Rattman, March 19, 1943, states that the Russell ledgers give that date.

Recorded interview with Frank Duryea in U.S. National Museum, November 6, 1957.

Letter from Frank Duryea to David Beecroft, November 15, 1924; copy in Museum files.

Letter from Charles Duryea to C. W. Mitman, March 21, 1922; copy in Museum files.

See "history" (footnote 7), p. 6.

DURYEA, op. cit. (footnote 5), p. 8.

Copy of letter in Museum files.

DURYEA, op. cit. (footnote 5), p. 12.

Letter from Frank Duryea to Charles Duryea, November 3, 1893, states that the engine could be run at 700 as well as 500 rpm. Copy in Museum files.

DURYEA, op. cit. (footnote 5), p. 14. Also in letter from Charles Duryea to C. W. Mitman, January 11, 1922; copy in Museum files.

Letter from Charles Duryea to C. W. Mitman, January 11, 1922; also letter from Frank Duryea to David Beecroft, November 15, 1924. Copies in Museum files.

Letter from Charles Duryea to F. A. Taylor, December 5, 1936, says he "thought" they had five teeth. Copy in Museum files.

Frank later wrote his brother, January 1894, that he fixed the tank so it would not draw sediment from the bottom. Copy of letter in Museum files.

The number of mufflers Frank Duryea constructed is not known. He wrote Charles, December 22, 1893, that he "will try a new muffler also."

Selden Patent Evidence, vol. 9, p. 110.

See "history" (footnote 7), p. 2. Charles wrote, "Some parts of these [referring to the batteries], like the jars, I had on hand for six or eight years, and did not need to buy."

Ibid., p. 15.

Ibid., p. 15

Frank stated in this letter that the friction drum originally had two belts, forward and reverse, but since they tended to foul each other, he removed the reverse belt and left the other to serve for both directions. How the shipper fork might have handled two belts is not understood.

As actually constructed there are only two gears on the secondary shaft. He obviously discovered that one gear secured to two clutches would serve for both forward and reverse. Space was also limited.

Recorded interview with Frank Duryea in U.S. National Museum, November 9, 1956.

Letter from Frank Duryea to Charles Duryea, November 8, 1893. Copy in Museum files.

Frank Duryea, in a recorded interview in the U.S. National Museum on November 6, 1957, said that he believed these had been purchased from Rochester Rawhide Company.

Letter from Frank Duryea to Charles Duryea, December 22, 1893. Also letter from Frank Duryea to David Beecroft, November 15, 1924. Copies in Museum files.

Telling of the first use of the car in later days, Frank Duryea mentions the many noises and vibrations that accompanied the trip: the vibrating tiller, the tinny sounding muffler, the clattering chains. He later reported speeds of 3 mph in low gear and 8 mph in high gear.

Letter from Frank Duryea to Charles Duryea, Jan. 19, 1894, says they went up hill via Summer and Armor Streets, then out Walnut to Bemis' at Central Street School.