DS, 1829 May 4 : Washington. Patent granted to Reuben Fairchild.

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DS, 1829 May 4 : Washington. Patent granted to Reuben Fairchild.

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A patent for "manufacturing paper by machinery, by means of an additional machine called the Agitator." Document is mostly printed, copmpleted in manuscript, and sealed. Signed by Jackson as President, Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State, and John Macpherson Berrien as Attorney General.

3 p. ; 38 x 29 cm.

Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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Copley Press, J S Copley Library

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