The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History





Here is the full entry for your selection:

Gilder Lehrman Document Number: GLC00063

Title: [Patent for Mathias Baldwin's combination of the steam whistle and the boiler]

Author: Buchanan, James (1791-1868)

Year: 1846/05/28

Place: Washington, D.C.

Type of document: Document signed

Description: Signed by Buchanan as Secretary of State. Countersigned by Edmund Burke as United States Commissioner of Patents. Willis' written description of the combined steam whistle/boiler is signed by E. W. C. Green and John White as witnesses. Contains a one page diagram depicting Willis' invention. Sealed and bound with a light blue ribbon.

Click here for copy request forms and visitor information