Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 [Patent for Matthias Baldwin's combination of the steam whistle and the boiler]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00063 Author/Creator: Buchanan, James, 1791-1868 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: May 28, 1846 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 40 cm, Width: 29.9 cm Order a Copy
Signed by James Buchanan as Secretary of State. Countersigned by Edmund Burke as United States Commissioner of Patents. Baldwin's written description of the combined steam whistle/boiler is signed by E. W. C. Green and John White as witnesses. Contains a one page diagram depicting Baldwin's invention. Sealed and bound with a light blue ribbon (frayed and torn) and accompanied by a light green paper seal. Elaborate engraved seal at the top of the first page, annotated with the names Henry Stone, Pxt. and Bannerman, Sc.
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