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U. S. Patent Office to Alexander Catlin Twining

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07242.03 Author/Creator: U. S. Patent Office Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Envelope Date: no date Pagination: envelope ; 16.5 x 26.5 cm. Order a Copy

An envelope addressed to Alexander C. Twining in New Haven, Conneticut from the U.S. Patent Office in Washington, D.C. The envelope is unaccompanied by contents. 121.757 was written on the back of the envelope. Both bottom corners are torn as is the full length of the right seam. Washington Free January 22, is stamped on the front of the envelope.

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