- GLC#
- GLC01123
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- June 15, 1841
- Author/Creator
- Adams, John Quincy, 1767-1848
- Title
- to Thomas Aspinwall
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 1 p. : Height: 25.3 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Introduces George Bishop to Aspinwall, United States Consul to London. Recommends Bishop, claiming that he "has invented a mode of making cloth without spinning and weaving." Informs Aspinwall that while in London, Bishop will attempt to gain a patent for his invention. "Mr. George G. Bishop, a gentleman who has invented a mode of making cloth without spinning and weaving and recommended to me by several friends of highly respectable character, is going to London with a view to obtain a patent for his invention, and I beg leave to commend him to any kind of service which it may at your convenience to render him."
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