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'''Elijah J. Bond''' (January 23, 1847<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/quickref/html/allssi1526.html]</ref> - April 14, 1921) was an American lawyer and inventor.
'''Elijah J. Bond''' (January 23, 1847<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/quickref/html/allssi1526.html]</ref> - April 14, 1921<ref>[http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GSln=Bond&GSfn=Elijah&GSbyrel=in&GSdyrel=in&GSob=n&GRid=28154385& Find-a-grave.com]</ref>) was an American lawyer and inventor.
Elijah Jefferson Bond was born on January 23,1847 to William B. and Charlotte Bond in Maryland.<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/quickref/html/allssi1526.html]</ref> His father was a lawyer and in 1845 was the Deputy Attorney General of Harford Co., Maryland.<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/quickref/html/allssi1526.html Maryland State Archives Online]</ref> Elijah would follow in his father's footasteps and become a lawyer too.<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/quickref/html/allssi1526.html]</ref>
Elijah Jefferson Bond was born on January 23,1847 to William B. and Charlotte Bond in Maryland.<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/quickref/html/allssi1526.html]</ref> His father was a lawyer and in 1845 was the Deputy Attorney General of Harford Co., Maryland.<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/quickref/html/allssi1526.html Maryland State Archives Online]</ref> Elijah would follow in his father's footasteps and become a lawyer too.<ref>[http://www.msa.md.gov/msa/refserv/quickref/html/allssi1526.html]</ref>
By 1907 Bond had relocated his toy production company to [[West Virginia]] and there is evidence that he produced a game called Nirvana which he received a United States patent for on June 18, 1907. The "toy" incorporated a swastika as its logo and he even called his company The Swastika Novelty Company.
By 1907 Bond had relocated his toy production company to [[West Virginia]] and there is evidence that he produced a game called Nirvana which he received a United States patent for on June 18, 1907. The "toy" incorporated a swastika as its logo and he even called his company The Swastika Novelty Company.
Bond died on April 14, 1921.
Bond died on April 14, 1921 in Baltimore, Maryland.<ref>Find-a-grave.com</ref> He is mainly red by members of the New Age and occultists for having invented the "talking board" known as the Ouija Board.
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