in a series of letters 1869-89 written to his partners james and amos densmore christopher latham Sholes describes minutely his hopes and disappointments over his " writing machine Sholes's type writer was patented in 1868 but he spent the remainder of his life improving and perfecting it the origin
frederic heath milwaukee spoke on " the typewriter in wis consin the first typewriter cumbersome and box-like with both white and black keys like a piano was invented in 1868 by christopher latham Sholes in charles kleinsteuber's machine shop at 322 west state street milwaukee which is now the stag