Park Commisiiner Stover told of a visit he paid to Timby in Brooklyn two years ago, only a few days before his death. Timby was then in his ninetieth year.
"I became deeply interested in Mr. Timby and his rights in the invention of the revolving turret," said the Park Commissioner. "I attended Mr. Timby's funeral and since have always wished to have the fame of both Ericsson and Timby written according to each one's merits."
"The recently discovered letters of the syndicate which built the Monitor show that they recognized the priority of Mr. Timby's rights. One member of the syndicate states in one letter that he doesn't see the use of trying to break Timby's patent. Timby unquestionably carries out the whole plan of the revolving turret in 1842. Ericsson is, on the other hand, entitled to the credit for putting Timby's invention into practical exemplification."
--Old B-Runner
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