- GLC#
- GLC00059
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- April 13, 1836
- Author/Creator
- Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
- Title
- [Patent for Benjamin Smith's improvement in the door lock]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 4 p. : Height: 39.8 cm, Width: 30.7 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Signed by Andrew Jackson as President. Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Smith's description of his improvement is signed by William Wolcott Ellsworth and Charles Russ as witnesses. Notation states "Engrav'd by J.V.N. Throop, Washington, D.C." Sealed and bound with green ribbon and accompanied by a paper seal.
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