Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 [Patent for Charles Richardson's improvement in blacksmith's cast iron hollow forge backs]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06418.01 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 12 March 1836 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 37.6 cm, Width: 29.9 cm Order a Copy
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. Docketed 24 November 1837 by Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents. Sealed and bound with yellow ribbon.
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