Starley’s frame connected the two wheels by forks, but there was no tube connecting the saddle and the bottom bracket as was afterwards done by Thos. Humber, at Beeston, Notts. 1921, W. F. Grew, The Cycle Industry, London, page 14:
Lieut. Hunter's grey Persian Punkah, walked over the Course for 100 Dollars, against Sir Thos. Sevestre's Apothecary. 1812 October 24, “Salatiga Races: October Meeting”, in Java Government Gazette, volume 1, number 35, page 3: