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Evans, Oliver, 1755-1819 to [Charles Willing Hare]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02480.06 Author/Creator: Evans, Oliver, 1755-1819 Place Written: Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Type: Letter signed Date: 1805/11/07 Pagination: 1 p. : address : docket Height: 20 cm, Width: 25 cm Order a Copy

Addressed to "C.W. Hear." Acknowledges receipt of a notice to vacate a lot he had leased from William Bingham and agrees to vacate the property by May 1, 1806. American inventor Oliver Evans is credited with inventing the first high-pressure steam engine as well as other steam-driven machines. Bingham, former Continental Congressman and U.S. senator, had died the previous year. Hare was Bingham's nephew and lawyer.

Evans, Oliver, 1755-1819

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