Our Collection

At the Institute’s core is the Gilder Lehrman Collection, one of the great archives in American history. More than 85,000 items cover five hundred years of American history, from Columbus’s 1493 letter describing the New World through the end of the twentieth century.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 [Patent for Otis Tufts' improvement in the power printing press]

Order a pdf of this item here.

Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05183 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 22 August 1834 Pagination: 17 p. : docket ; Height: 38.7 cm, Width: 30 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Andrew Jackson as President. Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Tufts' written description of his improvement is signed by Robert Henry Eddy and possibly Caleb Babbit as witnesses. Contains five pages of diagrams depicting the invention. Sealed and bound with yellow ribbon.

Babbit, Caleb, fl. 1834
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1795-1858
Eddy, Robert Henry, 1812-1887
Forsyth, John, 1780-1841
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Tufts, Otis, 1804-1869

Citation Guidelines for Online Resources