Thomas Paine manuscript material : 1 item 1788

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Thomas Paine manuscript material : 1 item 1788

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Thomas Paine, English author and revolutionary. Autograph signature on patent statement : 17 Jun 1788 : (MISC 0461) : from the Public Office in Symonds Inn : 1 p. (single sheet); in a scribal hand; document begins, "Thomas Paine maketh oath and saith that after much study and expence he has invented a method of constructing of arches, vaulted roofs and cielings either in iron or wood on principles new and different to any thing hitherto in practice ..."; also signed by the witness, John Ord; affixed to manuscript petition to the King, in another scribal hand, with a note of approval on the verso, dated "Whitehall 19 June 1788," and signed "Sydney.".

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The New York Public Library. Carl H. Pforzheimer Collection of Shelley and His Circle.

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