1800

c. 1822

Spencer Richards works with Richard Robinson & Co., the glass button manufacturer founded by Enoch Robinson’s cousins Richard and Willard Robinson.

1822

Spencer Richards is awarded a patent for a process for finishing glass buttons.

1825

c. 1825

Enoch Robinson begins manufacturing door knobs and other hardware, independently and with Spencer Richards and others, in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

1831

Spencer Richards: “Improvement in Making Glass Knobs“

U.S. Patent No. 6817

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