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Collection Reference Number GLC07328
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1808 
Title Patent for John Templeman's improvement in the chain bridge
Date 16 August 1808
Author Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)  
Additional authors Corcoran, Thomas (fl. 1808) Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt (1791-1858) Madison, James (1751-1836) Oto, John (fl. 1808) Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus) (1772-1824) Templeman, John (fl. 1808-1810)
Document Type Legal document; Government document
Content Description Signed by Jefferson as President. Countersigned by James Madison as Secretary of State and Caesar Augustus Rodney as Attorney General. Templeman's written description of his improvement is signed by Thomas Corcoran and John Oto as witnesses. The final page, signed by Henry Leavitt Ellsworth, contains a written description of several diagrams of Templeman's invention. Sealed and bound with faded white ribbon.
Subjects President  Patent  Science and Technology  Industry  Inventor  Invention  Government and Civics  Infrastructure  
People Corcoran, Thomas (fl. 1808)  Ellsworth, Henry Leavitt (1791-1858)  Jefferson, Thomas (1743-1826)  Madison, James (1751-1836)  Oto, John (fl. 1808)  Rodney, C. A. (Caesar Augustus) (1772-1824)  Templeman, John (fl. 1808-1810)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The Presidency; Science, Technology, Invention; Government & Politics
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Henry Leavitt Ellsworth served as the United States Commissioner of Patents 1835-1845.
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859