"'Mr. Remington,' I said, 'I was with you for thirteen years, and served you to the best of my ability, and I was absolutely loyal to you. I am going to be loyal now. My advice to you is not to sell your typewriter. The amount of money you would get would not go far; ninety per cent of your creditors would still be unpaid, and they will be after you more savagely if you pay the claims of others and leave theirs unsatisfied.' "He shook his head and said, 'Well, we think we had better sell.' 'Is that your final decision?' I asked. He answered, 'Yes, I think so.' I said, 'Have you a customer for your plant?' 'Well,' he said, 'there are some people talking about taking it.' 'Have you committed yourself to them?' I asked. He replied, 'No, not absolutely.' 'You're determined to sell, are you?' 'Yes!' "'Very well,' I said. 'I have given my advice. Now I want to buy the plant.' "Then we began to talk business, and before night I telegraphed to New York to send me a certified check for ten thousand dollars to bind the bargain." Thus it was that the entire plant used in the manufacture of the machine, together with all patent rights, franchises, etc., necessary to a complete control of the business were purchased by Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict. The manufacturing plant was established in the building formerly occupied by the Agricultural Works, and W. K. Jenne was installed as mechanical superintendent. The typewriter enterprise since that day has been entirely separate and distinct from the other activities with which the name Remington is associated, and thus it escaped the disasters which shortly after befell the old and honored house of E. Remington & Sons. In 1888 the need for greater office facilities had become so urgent that Wyckoff, Seamans & Benedict removed their New York office to 327 Broadway, which remained their home office for nearly thirty years. At first only one or two floors were occupied, then the entire building, and finally the two additional buildings on either side. In 1892 the original co-partnership was changed into a mercantile corporation which included the manufacturing company, and in 1903 the corporate name was changed to Remington Typewriter Company, of which Mr. Benedict became the first president. Of the three members of the original firm, Wyckoff died in 1895 and Seamans in 1915. Henry H. Benedict, the surviving partner, has been from the beginning a director of the company, and enjoys in this anniversary year a unique distinction as the only man now living whose identification with the typewriter business has been continuous throughout the entire fifty years of its history.