Letter from the Secretary of State, Transmitting a List of the Names of the Persons to Whom Patents Have Been Granted ... (20th Congress, First Session: Document Number 34)
Printed By Gales & Seaton, 1828. First Edition. Unknown. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Good / No Jacket. Item #L059931
Good -. Stains, rubbing, browning and/or foxing throughout (chiefly to wrappers and edges); slight wear to foredges and lower edges. 22 pages. Upper wrapper title; title continued: For the Invention of Any New or Useful Art, or Machine, Manufacture, or Composition of Matter, or Any Improvement Thereon, From January 1st, 1827, to December 31, 1827. At head of title: Patents -- 1827. Listings in table format throughout, with Clay's introductory letter. Dated January 2, 1828 on upper wrapper ('Read, and laid upon the table'; upper wrapper). Clay (1777-1852), American statesman; entered politics in 1798 in Kentucky (in opposition to the sedition law); in Kentucky legislature (1803-06; 1807-09) and the US Senate (1806-07; 1831-42); elected Speaker of the House (1811; again in 1823); Secretary of State (1824-28); known for his compromising attitude on the slavery question and his support of Texas annexation and the Missouri Compromise.1 Table.
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