Joseph Holt : miscellaneous papers, 1857-1867.

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Joseph Holt : miscellaneous papers, 1857-1867.

Included are letters discussing patent considerations, rejected patents, the Civil War experiences of northerners compared to those of the border state, pardons, and routine matters. Correspondents include Benjamin D. Silliman.

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Holt, Joseph, 1807-1894

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Joseph Holt, 1807-94, American public official, judge advocate general of the U.S. army (1862-75). A native of Kentucky, he became a well-known lawyer and prominent Democratic politician. In 1857, President Buchanan appointed him commissioner of patents in 1857, and in 1859 he became Postmaster General. In the beginning of 1861, before the outbreak of the Civil War, he was Secretary of War. A staunch opponent of the secession movement, Holt was instrumental in preventing Kentucky from seceding. ...

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 ...

Silliman, Benjamin D. (Benjamin Douglas), 1805-1901

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Benjamin Douglas Silliman (1805-1901) was a prominent Brooklyn lawyer and politician. He represented Kings County in the New York State Assembly in 1838, was U.S. Attorney for the Eastern District of New York from 1865 to 1866, was a delegate to the New York State Constitutional Convention in 1872, and was a Republican candidate for New York State Attorney General in 1873, among other accomplishments. From the guide to the Benjamin D. Silliman property dispute report, 1846, (Brooklyn...