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Unknown [Detailing the history of the Waldo Patent] [Fragment]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02437.09296 Author/Creator: Unknown Place Written: s.l. Type: Manuscript document Date: no date Pagination: 4 p. ; 22 x 18.5 cm. Order a Copy

Document describing the early history of the ownership of the Waldo Patent. Written after 1762.

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