In 1837 Morris Wilcox was manufacturing Linus Dean's patent bench vise.
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- 1837-11-14
SOMETHING NEW, AND Valuable for Mechanics. Subscriber is the owner of the right of this State, of the valuable improvement in Bench and other Vises, patented to Linus Dean, of New York, in February last; and is now Manufacturing them in this county, of a variety of sizes and forms, to accommodate all kinds of Mechanics, and also banks, and all other office presses, where a seal is used. Said Vises may at all times be seen at the Post Office, and at the Store of Hon. T. Baker, in Norwalk, where all necessary information may be had in relation thereto. Puffing is not necessary; they tell their own story!
MORRIS WILCOX. Norwalk, July 18, 1837