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Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) [Patent for Simeon Brown's invention for moving brick, stone, or wooden buildings with the chimneys, furniture, and families therein]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06237 Author/Creator: Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 31 July 1827 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 36.7 x 28.9 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Adams as President. Countersigned by Henry Clay as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Contains a seal and faded red ribbon.

Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
Brown, Simeon, fl. 1827
Clay, Henry, 1777-1852
Wirt, William, 1772-1834

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