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Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) [Patent for Nathan Currier's improvements in a machine designed to excavate and remove earth]

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07327 Author/Creator: Jackson, Andrew (1767-1845) Place Written: Washington, D.C. Type: Document signed Date: 29 May 1835 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; 36.7 x 28.9 cm. Order a Copy

Signed by Jackson as President. Countersigned by [Adam?] Birkins as Acting Secretary of State, and Benjamin Franklin Butler as Attorney General. Sealed and bound with mauve ribbon.

Birkins, [Adam], fl. 1835
Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1795-1858
Jackson, Andrew, 1767-1845
Currier, Nathan, fl. 1835

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