William Edward Newton patent with seal of Queen Victoria
Description
Patent for improved instrument for taking altitudes, with attached seal (2 pages, 52 x 76 cm, 46 x 61 cm). Includes several other documents: indenture, 1698 (23 x 64 cm); "Professor Bache Washington City or the High School Philadelphia" booklet of mechanical diagrams, undated (10 pages, 33 x 21 cm); William Edward Newton patent, 1856 July 28 (33 x 21 cm); William Edward Newton specifications (copy), 1857 January 26 (2 pages, 42 x 34 cm); John Stinson patent, 1855 September 18 (3 pages and two attached drawings, 51 x 38 cm).
On deposit from L. Dennis and Susan R. Shapiro, December 2019, September 2020, and January 2021.
Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, January 2022.
Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, February 2022.
Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, January 2023.
Gift of Susan R. Shapiro, December 2024.
Restrictions
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Rights
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Autograph letter signed. Regarding honors. (1 page and signed envelope). Also includes two letters: Edward J. Reed to William Gladstone (3 pages) and E.W. Hamilton to Edward J. Reed (1 page), both 1884 October 22, both with envelopes signed by Gladstone.
Autograph note of Roosevelt with autograph memo signed added by Perkins; also Perkins autograph note signed (was attached). Regarding discussion about social security. (1 page, 2 pages)
Autograph letter signed. Regarding religion, present state of the world (1 page and addressed cover); includes attached note about Stephen Peabody by G.A. Peabody, 1863 June 15, with additional notes about Adams on reverse (2 pages).
Letter (1 page) and enclosed commission, 1903 March 24, King Edward VII appointing Richard Webster, 1st Viscount Alverstone to tribunal relative to boundary between Canada and Alaska. Signed by Edward VII. (3 pages and envelope)
