<P> The typographer was patented on July 23 , 1829 , as U.S. patent No. 5581X . United States Patent Office documents describe Burt 's American machine as `` the actual construction of a type writing machine for the first time in any country '' . It was the first practical typewriting machine ever made in America , although Pellegrino Turri had made one in Italy in 1808 . The patent gave Burt the full exclusive rights to his new typewriter machine for 14 years , including vending or selling to others any or all of these rights as he saw fit , signed by President Andrew Jackson . </P>
<P> The typographer was patented on July 23 , 1829 , as U.S. patent No. 5581X . United States Patent Office documents describe Burt 's American machine as `` the actual construction of a type writing machine for the first time in any country '' . It was the first practical typewriting machine ever made in America , although Pellegrino Turri had made one in Italy in 1808 . The patent gave Burt the full exclusive rights to his new typewriter machine for 14 years , including vending or selling to others any or all of these rights as he saw fit , signed by President Andrew Jackson . </P>
when was the first lettered machine - like typewriter invented and by whom
when was the first lettered machine - like typewriter invented and by whom
Pellegrino Turri had made one in Italy in 1808
Pellegrino Turri had made one in Italy in 1808