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source: "A most unique machine; the Michigan origins of the American automobile industry", p. 32

Note that some of these may also be accessed in Encyclopedia of American Business History and Biography (reference name May7 (Motor Manufacturers Association, p. 7)).

per: https://archive.org/details/mostuniquemachin00mayg/page/32/


 * "The American Motor League was organized, the first automobile association in the United States"
 * "... and Hiram Maxim were elected vice-presidents of the organization."
 * "The league continued in existence for a number of years, ultimately having members in more than six hundred cities and towns."
 * "One of its first actions was to petition Chicago officials ... to remove the prohibitions on the use of motor vehicles on city streets."

(This source is also available on Google books for snippets.)

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(May, p. 289) The Automobile industry, 1896-1920

per: https://openlibrary.org/books/OL2192831M/The_Automobile_industry_1896-1920

"... as the first such group in the country the league signaled the emergence of a new era."

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per: https://archive.org/details/automobileindust0000unse_y7e1/page/n21

The league was proposed by Detroit engineer Charles B. King in a letter to the editor of the new magazine Horseless Age on October 8, 1895.

non-specific sources
These are sources which have not been reviewed for association with specific claims.


 * referenced by:
 * Chicago Times-Herald race
 * J. Frank Duryea
 * Motocycle
 * Wikimedia "American Motor League" page
 * results from NYS Historic Newspapers (selected hits)
 * Utica Observer, March 07, 1902 col. 2
 * Buffalo News, February 29, 1904 col. 3
 * Buffalo News, February 29, 1904 col. 3

available versions of the Wiki article

 * https://web.archive.org/web/20121212184032/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motor_League
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20160924182959/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motor_League
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20190528121806/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motor_League
 * https://web.archive.org/web/20220520143646/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Motor_League
 * https://infogalactic.com/info/American_Motor_League

claims list

 * 1a: AML formed in 1895
 * 2a: AML first auto organization in US
 * 2b: diversity of interests
 * 3a: AML started in Chicago based on King's ideas
 * 3b: exchange of ideas to help develop technology
 * 3c: promote better roads
 * 3d: AAA formed 1902
 * 4a: King's goal to govern development of horseless carriages
 * 4b: Worthless drawings for patent office
 * 4c: AML should be used to evaluate workability of ideas
 * 5a: AML organized by King
 * 6a: King assigned member number 100
 * 7b: differing ideas about memberships
 * 7c: organizational direction
 * 9a: identify officers
 * 9b: other organizations more effective at allowing horseless carriages
 * 9a: selection of officers
 * 10a: merger to form AMA
 * 3/7/8: framework for discussing improvements