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Collection Reference Number GLC06418.01
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1836 
Title Patent for Charles Richardson's improvement in blacksmith's cast iron hollow forge backs
Date 12 March 1836
Author Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)  
Additional authors Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1795-1858) Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt (1791-1858) Forsyth, John (1780-1841) Richardson, Albert (fl. 1836) Richardson, Charles (fl. 1836) Richardson, Cyrus (fl. 1836)
Document Type Business and financial document
Content Description Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Richardson's written description of his improvement is signed by Albert and Cyrus Richardson as witnesses. Docketed 24 November 1837 by Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, Commissioner of Patents. Sealed and bound with yellow ribbon.
Subjects Patent  President  Inventor  Invention  Science and Technology  
People Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1795-1858)  Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt (1791-1858)  Forsyth, John (1780-1841)  Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)  Richardson, Albert (fl. 1836)  Richardson, Charles (fl. 1836)  Richardson, Cyrus (fl. 1836)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Science, Technology, Invention; The Presidency
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859