patent No. 691 from the United States Patent Office dated March 19th, 1861. The document is signed on the bottom middle by both the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Patents. The first sentence reads Whereas Ethan Allen of Worcester, Massachusetts has alleged that he has invented a new and useful improved machine for the manufacture of metallic cartridges... The document further relates that Mr. Allen paid a sum of $30 to the Commissioner of Patents. Complete with green Seal of the Patent Office. Inside the document are four blueprints of the invention with signatures of Ethan Allen and two witnesses, Henry C. Wadsworth and George W. Fairfield. Document reads in script The nature of my invention consists in so arranging a set of rollers, cutters, and a holder for cartridge operating automatically, that the copper may be rolled into the bullet sufficiently to hold it secure, and ease the ball for the reception of a lubricating material. 20" x 15". Condition: Excellent.
patent No. 691 from the United States Patent Office dated March 19th, 1861. The document is signed on the bottom middle by both the Secretary of the Interior and the Commissioner of Patents. The first sentence reads Whereas Ethan Allen of Worcester, Massachusetts has alleged that he has invented a new and useful improved machine for the manufacture of metallic cartridges... The document further relates that Mr. Allen paid a sum of $30 to the Commissioner of Patents. Complete with green Seal of the Patent Office. Inside the document are four blueprints of the invention with signatures of Ethan Allen and two witnesses, Henry C. Wadsworth and George W. Fairfield. Document reads in script The nature of my invention consists in so arranging a set of rollers, cutters, and a holder for cartridge operating automatically, that the copper may be rolled into the bullet sufficiently to hold it secure, and ease the ball for the reception of a lubricating material. 20" x 15". Condition: Excellent.
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