Papers relating to the administration of the U.S. Patent Office during the superintendency of William Thornton, 1802-1828, 1785-1848 (inclusive), [microform]

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Papers relating to the administration of the U.S. Patent Office during the superintendency of William Thornton, 1802-1828, 1785-1848 (inclusive), [microform]

1785-1848

https://hdl.handle.net/10079/bibid/3036514

The papers consist of correspondence, financial records, and other materials documenting the U.S. Patent Office during William Thornton's tenure as superintendent.

5 reels.

eng, Latn

Yale University Library

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Thornton, William, 1759-1828

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William Thornton, architect, inventor, and public official, was born in the Virgin Islands on May 20, 1759, of English parents. He came to the United States in 1787 and became a citizen in 1788. On September 12, 1794 Thornton was appointed one of the commissioners of the new federal city of Washington. He championed his own design for the Capitol and the north wing had been constructed in accordance with his ideas by the time Congress removed to Washington in 1800. In 1802 Congress abolished the...

United States. Patent Office

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Charles F. Brush, of Cleveland, Ohio, was an electrician, inventor, and the founder of the Brush Electric Company. From the description of Patents granted to Charles F. Brush relating to electric machinery and apparatus, 1878-1894. (Smithsonian Institution Libraries). WorldCat record id: 154324631 Newell was from Haverhill, Mass. From the description of Letters patent, 1890 January 14 : issued to Isaiah Newell. (American Textile History Museum Library). WorldCat ...