Selected Patent Files, 1840–2005

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Selected Patent Files, 1840–2005

1840-2005

This series consists of selected patented case files. This series consists of unique and/or significant patents. Each patented case file may include the jacket, printed specifications and drawings of the issued patent, petitions, applicant's initial specifications, oath of invention, reports by patent attorneys, applicant's drawings, amendments to the petition, powers of attorney, notices of allowances and fee payments, receipts for fees, and correspondence with inventor(s) and their attorneys. This series also contains a negative of a film strip believed to be the first film strip in existence.

8 linear feet, 9 linear inches, and 1 artifact

eng, Latn

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SNAC Resource ID: 11676827

National Archives at College Park

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Johnson, Nancy Maria Donaldson, 1794-1890

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Nancy Maria Donaldson Johnson married Walter Rogers Johnson (1794-1852) in Medfield, Massachusetts in 1823. The couple adopted two children, Walter W. Johnson (1836-1879) and Mary Maria Stroud (1834-1921). Walter Johnson was a scientist and the First Secretary for the American Association for the Advancement of Science. She started as a housewife, and later went on to be a very successful inventor. Johnson lived in Philadelphia in 1843 when she filed for her patent for the first hand-cranked ...