1To Thomas Jefferson from Tobias Lear, with List of Patents, 30 August 1791 (Jefferson Papers)
The fifteen enclosed Patents , having received the signature of the President of the United States, are, at the request of the Attorney General, transmitted to the Office of the Secretary of State by Dft ( DNA : RG 59, MLR ); with subjoined note by Lear; endorsed in part: “the Secy of State.” FC ( Lb in same, SDC ); with subjoined list of recipients omitting patent descriptions. Enclosures:...
2Tobias Lear to Thomas Jefferson, 30 August 1791 (Washington Papers)
[Philadelphia] 30 August 1791. At the request of Attorney General Edmund Randolph, encloses for the office of the secretary of state fifteen patents signed by the president. ALS , DNA : RG 59, Miscellaneous Letters; LB , DLC:GW . Thomas Jefferson docketed the receiver’s copy: “The Secy of State 30th Augt 1792” and listed on it that the enclosed patents were for Englebert Cruse, James Rumsey,...