This Canadian maker exhibited "relishing and mortising machines" at the 1876 Centennial Exhibition in Philadelphia. The year previous, he was the attorney and assignee of a relisher patent granted to Frederick L. Blakely and Albert Philipp of Clinton, IA; the patent was the Canadian version of an 1874 U.S. relisher patent that was used by Greenlee Bros. & Co.
Information Sources
- Listed in the Official Catalogue of the United States Centennial Commision: "Abercrombie, W., Hamilton, Ont.—Relishing and mortising machines, sash clamp."