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[Note on history of inheritance of the Waldo patent]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09287 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: 1783-1815 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 20.5 cm, Width: 18 cm Order a Copy

A note regarding the history of the inheritance of the Waldo patent. The note, probably written after the Knox collection was collected, appears to be written by one historian to another. It quotes a letter by Mr. Thatcher to Ruel Williams (GLC02437.09288), dated 11 March 1828, and discusses the historical significance of this letter in relation to the inheritance of the Waldo patent.

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