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Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Patent to Oliver Teal for excavating earth underwater (c/s Van Buren)

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07506 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 1829/12/08 Pagination: 4 p. 36.9 x 27.8 cm Order a Copy

"New and useful...machine for excavating earth under water, called Teal's invented metallic scraper." Countersigned by Martin Van Buren as Attorney General. With green ribbon and seal.

Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Van Buren, Martin, 1782-1862

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