Letter from William Thornton, superintendent of the US Patent Office, to W. Josiah Bennett regarding patent, November 1, 1809.

Authors

William Thornton

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Description

William Thornton, superintendent of the United States Patent Office, notifies W. Josiah Bennett that his model and papers have been received. Thornton further explains the process by which Bennett may receive a patent. November 1, 1809.

Transcription

Dept. of State Patent Office 1st Nov. 1809 Sir Your model & Paper have been delivered to me, & I thought the Drawing would answer till I examined the model, which is neatly executed; but, finding some Defect, Wm: L: Fidlar engaged W: N: King to make the corrections, and write a specification, which was before wanting. - It must be signed before two witnesses, & an oath must be taken that you believe yourself to be the Inventor. When your Paper is signed & the oath take you will please to enclose the Paper to the Secy of State. -- I am Sir respectfully Yr. Ob William Thornton W: Josiah Bennett

Creation Date

11-1-1809

City

Washington, D.C.

Country

United States

Creator Life Dates

1759-1828

Keywords

Department of State, Patent Office, 01 November 1809, 1809, William Thornton, Secretary of State, Josiah Bennett, model, inventions, capital building, Patent Office, W. L. Fidlar, W. N. King, patent

Resource Identifier

110404-13

Date Digital

2-18-2014

Document Type

Manuscript

Disciplines

History | Legal | Technology and Innovation

Publisher

Wofford College

Format (medium)

manuscript

Format (IMT)

PDF

Language

En-us

Digitization Specifications

800ppi 24-bit depth color; Scanned with an Epson 15000 Photo scanner with Epson Scan software; Archival master is a TIFF; TIFFs converted to PDF with Adobe Acrobat XI Pro.

Source

The original from which this digital representation is taken is housed in The Littlejohn Collection at Wofford College, located in the Sandor Teszler Library.

Recommended Citation

Thornton, William, "Letter from William Thornton, superintendent of the US Patent Office, to W. Josiah Bennett regarding patent, November 1, 1809." (1809). Broadus R. Littlejohn, Jr. Manuscript and Ephemera Collection. 155.
https://digitalcommons.wofford.edu/littlejohnmss/155

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