Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 [Patent for Jordan L. Mott's improvement in the process of chilling castings]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07325 Author/Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 13 June 1848 Pagination: 5 p. : docket ; 51.5 x 39 cm. Order a Copy
Signed by Buchanan as Secretary of State. Countersigned by Edmund Burke, Commissioner of Patents. Mott's written description of his improvement is signed by Edward Lewis and M. D. Van Doren as witnesses. Contains a one-page diagram of Mott's invention. Sealed and bound with faded white ribbon.
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