James Murray

James Murray, an engineer and machinist from Baltimore, was granted U.S. Patent No. 51 for an Endless-slide-chain-carriage sawmill. He was also the holder of U.S. Patent No. 2,459 for a machine for breaking and grinding corn and corncobs and U.S. Patent No. 4,805 for a Corn-sheller.

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"In the 1830s and '40s, James Murray manufactured small reciprocating sawmills and agricultural equipment. By 1847 Murray had been joined by Henry R. Hazlehurst and the partnership was Murray & Hazlehurst, operating the Vulcan Iron Works in Baltimore."

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The Baltimore Sun, 30 Mar 1895, page 6.