Enclosure: Circular Letter from Daniel Pettibone, 20 November 1818
Enclosure
Circular Letter from Daniel Pettibone
Philadelphia, Nov. 20, 1818.
Honoured Sir,
I Have taken the liberty of enclosing you the within pamphlet, describing the rise and progress of a very important discovery; viz. the Welding of Cast Steel to Iron, or to other Steel, for edge tools, &c.
My object sir, is the renewal of a Patent, granted in March, 1806, and hope that you will have time to look over the first part of the pamphlet,1 trusting you will place it with such of your papers as you think worthy to preserve as matter of public utility.
DANIEL PETTIBONE.
RC (ViW: TC-JP); printed text; with covering letter written above and below it on same sheet. Enclosure: Pettibone, The Petition of Daniel Pettibone, to the Senate and House of Representatives of the United States, for the renewal of his patent for Welding Cast Steel to Iron, in such a manner As to be applied to edge tools or other purposes where steel is required (Philadelphia, 1818; , 6 [no. 223]; TJ’s copy in DLC: Rare Book and Special Collections).
Pettibone received a patent on 21 Aug. 1819 for his method of “Welding cast steel to iron, &c.” (, 206).
1. The phrase “before the subject comes before you” is here canceled in ink.
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