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Madison, James & Monroe, James
Estimate
2,000 - 3,000 USD
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Description
- Signed Patent for a machine that facilitates the making of carriage wheels to Bracket L. Greenough. Washington, 12 September, 1815
- paper, ink
Printed broadside document, on vellum (14 1/4 x 11 1/2 in.; 365 x 290 mm.), signed "James Madison", accomplished in a secretarial hand, countersigned by Secretary of State "Jas Monroe", and Attorney General "Richard Rush", embossed paper seal of the United States with chartreuse ribbon; some discoloration and fading.
[with]
Manuscript description of the device, on vellum, in a secretarial hand (14 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.; 375 x 300 mm.), signed by the commission of patents officer on verso of second page, with chartreuse ribbon on second leaf; formerly folded, some discoloration and fading, spotting.
[with]
Manuscript description of the device, on vellum, in a secretarial hand (14 3/4 x 11 3/4 in.; 375 x 300 mm.), signed by the commission of patents officer on verso of second page, with chartreuse ribbon on second leaf; formerly folded, some discoloration and fading, spotting.
Catalogue Note
Letter patent for Bracket Greenough for a "new and useful improvement being a machine for facilitating the making of Carriage Wheels".