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Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Patent for improvement of building fireplace and chimneys, to Cyrus Blood

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06782 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 1825/04/06 Pagination: 4 p. : Height: 38.8 cm, Width: 30.2 cm Order a Copy

Issued to Cyrus Blood. Ribbon is dirty and rather unattractive

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848

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