拍品 2172
  • 2172

THOMAS JEFFERSON. PATENT SIGNED, FOR IMPROVEMENT IN THE MODE OF MAKING CHAIN, 24 MARCH 1801

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  • Patent signed ("Th: Jefferson") as third President, and twice-signed ("Levi Lincoln") as Acting Secretary of State, and as Attorney General, for improvement in constructing chain and cleaver shot, to Israel Hatch, 24 March 1801
1 page (14 5/8 x 11 3/4 in; 372 x 301 mm) on partially printed vellum, accomplished in a secretarial hand, embossed paper seal of the United States with pink ribbon. [With] 1 page manuscript inventor's description on vellum; previously folded, with some discoloration and soiling, scattered minor losses to inventor's description, some seemingly inherent.