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Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 [Appointment of Joseph Jackson Coombs as an examiner-in-chief of the United States Patent Office]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00782.14 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 6 August 1861 Pagination: 1 p. : Height: 37.7 cm, Width: 35.4 cm Order a Copy

Countersigned by Walton J. Smith, acting Secretary of the Interior. Impression stamped with The Department of the Interior seal.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Smith, Walton, fl. 1861
Coombs, Joseph Jackson, 1810-?

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