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Patents

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Peter Hawker Piano Forte and Other Keyed Instruments Patent

 Collection
Identifier: SC 01854
Content Description

Patent by George the Fourth for Peter Hawker's piano forte and other keyed instruments invention. Circular wax seal and paper seal attached.

Dates: 1820 November 1

John Oldham Steamship patent

 Collection
Identifier: SC 08155
Content Description

Patent for the invention of improvements of his former patent (1817 October 18) propelling ships and vessels on seas, rivers and canals. Per wikipedia, "Oldham also paid attention to marine propulsion, and in 1817 he obtained a patent (No. 4169) for propelling ships by means of paddles worked by a steam-engine."

Dates: 1817

Plat of "Marmion" in King George County, Virginia

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2006.06
Scope and Contents

Plat of "Marmion", King George County,Virginia, property of Dangerfield Lewis.  Drawn by Gilbert Harrow, surveyor, September 1797. Other parcels noted are:  Fowkes's Land, Chatterton, Bomberry's and Eagle's Nest. Much of this area is part of the original patent of Ashtons.

Dates: 1797

Stanford Family Legal Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2014.007
Scope and Contents

Two legal documents from members of the Stanford family of Abbotts Salford, located in the county of Warwickshire, England. Includes an indenture, 1639, made between John Stanford and William Courteen for a piece of land called Honyham. The indenture was for a period of 7 years. The collection also contains a legal patent for William Stanford dated 1720. Documents are fragile.

Dates: 1639, 1720

W. L. Teter Papers

 Collection
Identifier: Mss. Acc. 2010.783
Scope and Contents Ledgers, letterbooks, diaries, and other material, 1878-1920s, related to W. L. Teter of Pennsylvania and  Goshen, Virginia.  Teter was an inventor and these volumes contain his expenses and sketches and descriptions of various inventions, as well as details about his personal life. Papers include stock certificates, clippings, genealogical notes, and other related material. There are also volumes, which include a book of drawings of W.L. Teter's patents, account books, copy books, and...
Dates: circa 1878-1911