Burt’s Writing Machine

Linda’s Monday Morning Moaning’s While researching my ‘Washington Township’ book, I came across a very interesting story, in the inventor of the first ‘typographer’. William Austin Burke, was born in Petersham, Massachusetts, on June 13, 1892. William would acquire much of his knowledge from borrowed books read by the light of a burning pine knot.Continue reading “Burt’s Writing Machine”

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