Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 [Patent for William Willis' improvement in the two-cylinder atmospheric steam engine, or generating steam engine]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00065 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: November 14, 1826 Pagination: 3 p. : Height: 37.7 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy
Signed by John Quincy Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Willis' description of his improvement is signed by Horace Atley and Robert Browne as witnesses. Contains a receipt for thirty dollars attached to the back of page one signed by Thomas Tudor Tucker, United States Treasurer. Sealed and bound with blue ribbon and accompanied by a paper seal.
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