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Lot 439
Sale 1095 - American Historical Ephemera & Photography, Featuring Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana & Historical Documents
Day 1 Lots 1-403
Nov 3, 2022
10:00AM ET
Day 2 Lots 404-634
Nov 4, 2022
10:00AM ET
Live / Cincinnati
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$281
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Lot Description
BUCHANAN, James (1791-1868). Partly printed document signed ("James Buchanan"), as Secretary of State. Washington, D.C., 22 August 1848.
1 page, 15 3/8 x 21 1/4 in., old creases, seal partially removed, framed to 21 1/2 x 25 1/2 in., not examined out of frame.
Partly printed letters of patent for Joseph and Charles Beach of Connecticut, Thomas Beach of Massachusetts, and William G.R. Mowry of Rhode Island who "have alleged that they have invented new and useful improvement in machinery for cutting and preparing flax &c. for carding." Signed by James Buchanan as Secretary of State and Commissioner of Patents Edmund Burke (1809-1882).
Property from the James Milgram, M.D., Collection of Broadsides, Ephemeral Americana, and Historical Documents