Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) [Patent for Otis Tufts' improvement in the power printing press]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC05183 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 22 August 1834 Pagination: 17 p. : docket ; 38.7 x 30 cm. Order a Copy
Signed by Andrew Jackson as President. Countersigned by John Forsyth as Secretary of State and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Tufts' written description of his improvement is signed by Robert Henry Eddy and possibly Caleb Babbit as witnesses. Contains five pages of diagrams depicting the invention. Sealed and bound with yellow ribbon.
Otis Tufts (1804-1869) is noted for a variety of inventions, including the first steam-operated printing press, the first steam pile driver, and the "Vertical Screw Railway."
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