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[Patent for Ansel Thayer's improvement in the manner of manufacturing boots and shoes by substituting a metallic shank for that portion of the outsole which answers to the hollow of the instep and heel]

Signed by Webster as Secretary of State. Countersigned by Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents. Thayer's written description of his improvement is signed by Thomas P. Jones and George West as witnesses. Includes a one page diagram of...

GLC06362

[Patent for Charles Richardson's improvement in blacksmith's cast iron hollow forge backs]

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Richardson's written description of his improvement is signed by Albert and Cyrus Richardson as witnesses....

GLC06418.01

[Patent for Silas Hyde's improvements in the bedstead]

Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Docketed and signed by Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents. Sealed and bound with bright red ribbon.

GLC07324

[Patent for John Templeman's improvement in the chain bridge]

Signed by Jefferson as President. Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State and Caesar Augustus Rodney as Attorney General. Templeman's written description of his improvement is signed by Thomas Corcoran and John Oto as witnesses. The...

GLC07328

Treaty Between the United States of America and the United Bands of the Otoes and Missourias

Concerns the cession of Menomonie land in Wisconsin and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and the leaders of the Otoes...

GLC08055.27

Treaty Between the United States of America and the Four Confederated Bands of Pawnees

Concerns the cession of Pawnee land south of the Platte River, their removal, and the remuneration they will receive. Authorized by President Andrew Jackson. Treaty arranged by Henry L. Ellsworth, Commissioner on the part of the United States, and...

GLC08055.29