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Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) [Appointment of Joseph Jackson Coombs as an examiner-in-chief of the United States Patent Office]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC00782.14 Author/Creator: Lincoln, Abraham (1809-1865) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 6 August 1861 Pagination: 1 p. ; 37.7 x 35.4 cm. Order a Copy

Countersigned by Walton J. Smith, acting Secretary of the Interior. Impression stamped with The Department of the Interior seal.

Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Smith, Walton, fl. 1861
Coombs, Joseph Jackson, 1810-?

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