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| Field name | Value |
|---|---|
| Collection Reference Number | GLC00062 |
| From Archive Folder | Patents for inventions |
| Title | Patent for Richard Willcox's improvement in metallurgical operations for accelerating and improving the manipulations of metals in general with the use of anthracite coals in particular |
| Date | 5 April 1831 |
| Author | Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) |
| Additional authors | Berrien, John MacPherson (1781-1856) Jacobs, C. P. (fl. 1831) Sanford, Ephraim (fl. 1831) Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) Willcox, Richard (fl. 1831) |
| Document Type | Legal document |
| Content Description | Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by Martin Van Buren as Secretary of State and John MacPherson Berrien as Attorney General. Signed by Jacobs and Sanford as witnesses to Willcox's description of his metallurgical system. Includes a one page diagram of Willcox's invention. Several scraps of pink ribbon accompany this document separately. |
| Subjects | Science and Technology President Patent |
| People | Berrien, John MacPherson (1781-1856) Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Jacobs, C. P. (fl. 1831) Sanford, Ephraim (fl. 1831) Van Buren, Martin (1782-1862) Willcox, Richard (fl. 1831) |
| Place written | Washington, D.C. |
| Theme | Law; 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 |