Auction Date:2010 Aug 11 @ 22:00 (UTC-05:00 : EST/CDT)
Location:5 Rt 101A Suite 5, Amherst, New Hampshire, 03031, United States
ALS - Autograph Letter Signed
ANS - Autograph Note Signed
AQS - Autograph Quotation Signed
AMQS - Autograph Musical Quotation Signed
DS - Document Signed
FDC - First Day Cover
Inscribed - “Personalized”
ISP - Inscribed Signed Photograph
LS - Letter Signed
SP - Signed Photograph
TLS - Typed Letter Signed
Partly-printed DS, signed “Dan’l Webster,” one page, 11.5 x 15.5, March 23, 1832. A patent issued to Daniel Rudd, Bozrah, Connecticut, for “Improvement in the mode of Propelling Ships and other Vessels.” Document reads, in part: “Be it known that I, Daniel Rudd, of Bozrah, in the county of New London and State of Connecticut, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Propelling Ships or other Vessels…From the sides of the vessel under the water-line I project four or more vertical shafts…on the lower ends of which are affixed cranks…that turn outside the vessel. Every other one; as first and third, are coupled together, so that when the first crank is turned to the right the third one will be moved in an opposite direction throughout this series. The second and fourth cranks have an operation independent of the first series, being geared together in the same way as those before described…What I claim as my invention, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is—The continuous jointed scull moved by the cranks, &c., combined and arranged in the manner and for the purpose herein described.” Attached to the patent by its original silk ribbon is a detailed schematic of the proposed improvement on a 15.5 x 11 sheet of onionskin paper, as well as a handwritten description of the improvement, signed by Rudd on both sides of a similar size page. Expected folds, scattered light toning and soiling, and uniform toning to schematic, otherwise fine condition. The green seal is lightly worn, but intact.
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