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Collection Reference Number GLC05183
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1834 
Title Patent for Otis Tufts' improvement in the power printing press
Date 22 August 1834
Author Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)  
Additional authors [Babbit, Caleb (fl. 1834); Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1795-1858); Forsyth, John (1780-1841); Eddy, Robert Henry (1812-1887); Tufts, Otis (1804-1869)
Document Type Legal document; 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. Tufts' written description of his improvement is signed by Robert Henry Eddy and [Caleb Babbit?] as witnesses. Contains five pages of diagrams depicting the invention. Sealed and bound with yellow ribbon.
Subjects Patent  Printing  Science and Technology  Invention  Inventor  President  Government and Civics  
People Babbit, Caleb (fl. 1834)  Butler, Benjamin Franklin (1795-1858)  Eddy, Robert Henry (1812-1887)  Forsyth, John (1780-1841)  Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845)  Tufts, Otis (1804-1869)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme Industry; Merchants & Commerce; Science, Technology, Invention; The Presidency
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Additional Information Otis Tufts (1804-1869) is noted for a variety of inventions, including the first steam-operated printing press, the first steam pile driver, and the "Vertical Screw Railway."
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859