| Ratings 
 
 
  | Year | Rank | Edo | Dev. | Games |  
  | 1860 | 240 | 1968 | (148) | 9 |  
 
Rating table notes
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| Biographical data |  | 
   | Name: Patterson, James |  
   | Born: |  
   | Died: |  |  |  
   | Notes: |  
   | Is this James Patterson, who played in Washington, D.C., in 1895? See Urcan's book on Albin, p.127. See also the New York Clipper of 16 Feb. 1867. |  |  |  |  
   | References |  | 
| Books |  
   | Reichhelm and Shipley, Chess in Philadelphia, page 156 |  | Periodicals |  
   | [SZ], vol. 24, no. 4, Apr. 1869, page 108 |  |  |