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Madison, James, 1751-1836 [Patent for Schuyler Fisher's improvement in the Hatter's Plank Kettle]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07330 Author/Creator: Madison, James, 1751-1836 Place Written: Washington, District of Columbia Type: Document signed Date: 15 July 1816 Pagination: 2 p. : Height: 38 cm, Width: 30.3 cm Order a Copy

Signed by Madison as President. Countersigned by James Monroe as Secretary of State and Richard Rush as Attorney General. Fisher's written description of his invention is signed by Samuel Fisher and Aston Peren as witnesses.

Fisher, Samuel, fl. 1816
Fisher, Schuyler, fl. 1816
Madison, James, 1751-1836
Monroe, James, 1758-1831
Peren, Aston, fl. 1816
Rush, Richard, 1780-1859

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