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Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 [Patent for Ansel Thayer's improvement in the manner of manufacturing boots and shoes by substituting a metallic shank for that portion of the outsole which answers to the hollow of the instep and heel]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06362 Author/Creator: Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 24 April 1841 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 40 cm, Width: 29.4 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Webster as Secretary of State. Countersigned by Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents. Thayer's written description of his improvement is signed by Thomas P. Jones and George West as witnesses. Includes a one page diagram of Thayer's invention. Sealed and bound with light blue ribbon.

Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt, 1791-1858
Jones, Thomas P., fl. 1841
Thayer, Ansel, fl. 1841
Webster, Daniel, 1782-1852
West, George, fl. 1841

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