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Thatcher, Ebenezer, 1778-1841 to Reuel Williams

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09288 Author/Creator: Thatcher, Ebenezer, 1778-1841 Place Written: Thomaston, Maine Type: Letter signed Date: 11 March 1828 Pagination: 4 p. : address ; Height: 23.5 cm, Width: 20.5 cm Order a Copy

Discusses the inheritance of the Waldo patent. Has failed in his attempt to find certain requested records related to inheritance of the Waldo patent. However gives a short history of Waldo patent and its ownership, and offers to provide other documents on the subject, which he lists.

Williams, Reuel, 1783-1862
Thatcher, Ebenezer, 1778-1841

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