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it was 1849.
Thank you SO much for that addition. It would have drove me batty.
@basingstokemercury it you
As I understand it, Walter Hunt had a $15 debt to pay off, and knowing he tinkered, the debtor (I can’t find the name of the person he was in debt to and I read this story like ten years ago) said he would clear the debt for the rights to anything Mr. Hunt could invent with a piece of wire. What he invented was the safety pin.
Rather than trade the patent to clear the debt, Mr. Hunt sold the rights for $400, which easily covered the debt.












