The partnership of Ward & Lappin dissolved; Mr. Lappin began business on his own account with a stock valued at $140 (the 1908 history says the stock invoiced $350 and that Lappin walked to Chicago to replenish it).

The evidence

• “In July, 1840, Ward & Lappin dissolved partnership, and Mr. Lappin commenced business on his own account, with a stock valued at $140.”

  1879-history-of-rock-county/14-rock-county-ch08-janesville.md, PDF p. 530 / book p. 534

  Butterfield, C. W., et al. The History of Rock County, Wisconsin: its early settlement, growth, development, resources, etc. Chicago: Western Historical Company, 1879. Cornell University Library via the Internet Archive, archive.org/details/cu31924028871585.

  Grade A: Found on a page of one of our sources