Samuel Willard Soulé (January 25, 1830 – July 12, 1875),A contribution to the history, biography and genealogy of the families named Sole, Solly, Soule, Sowle, Soulis;pp. 864-866 along with Christopher Latham Sholes and Carlos Glidden, was the inventor of the first practical typewriter in the US at a machine shop located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, US in 1869.Invention of the Typewriter , Wisconsin Historical Marker, Retrieved May 11, 2008.
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