Monroe, James, 1758-1831 [Patent for Jacob Bromwell's improvement of the wheat fan, or winnowing machine]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC04823.01 Author/Creator: Monroe, James, 1758-1831 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 26 November 1818 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 35.8 cm, Width: 28 cm Order a Copy
Signed by James Monroe as President and countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Features paper seal and green ribbon. On separate page, Bromwell's written description of his improvement is signed by William Thornton and William Elliot as witnesses.
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