James C. Smith letters patent
Scope and Contents
Patent for improvements to a drilling machine from a The Dalles, Oregon, man. Includes the patent application, attached with ribbon, and the leather pouch to hold. Nice example of 19th-cantury clerical/stationery practice.
Dates
- 1883 June 19
Creator
- United States. Patent Office (Organization)
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Conditions Governing Use
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Extent
0.025 linear feet (1 folder)
Language of Materials
English
Abstract
The collection contains a letters patent issued on June 19, 1883 to James C. Smith, of The Dalles, Oregon, for his invention of an improved hand-powered drilling machine (no. 279,834). The collection also includes a leather envelope pouch.
Physical Description
1 folder.
- Drilling and boring machinery -- Patents Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Inventors -- Oregon -- Dalles Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Letters patent Subject Source: Art & Architecture Thesaurus
- Letters patent -- United States Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Machinery and equipment Subject Source: Photosub
- Oregon Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Oregon -- History -- 19th century Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings
- Smith, James C., active 1883
- United States. Patent Office
- Title
- Guide to the James C. Smith Letters Patent
- Status
- Complete Description
- Author
- Tanya Parlet.
- Date
- 2013
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- Finding aid written in English.
- Sponsor
- Funding for production of this finding aid was provided through a grant awarded by the National Historical Publications and Records Commission (NHPRC).
Repository Details
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