Jacob Wagner to Thomas Jefferson, 12 November 1805
From Jacob Wagner
12 Novr. 1805
J. Wagner’s best respects to the President of the U. States
The letter, returned herein, is signed John Frederick Burkardt, living with Chen Stevens, 3 miles from Carlisle.
The object of the writer is to obtain information of the mode and terms of obtaining patents for six inventions he enumerates. It might therefore be referred to the Department of State.
RC (DLC). Enclosure: Johan Rudolf Burchardt to TJ, 27 Oct. 1805, in German; Burchardt, originally from Switzerland but presently working with “Chen” Stevens at a wood mill three miles from Carlisle, Pennsylvania, describes inventions that include a plow, a “roll-maker,” machinery for processing wool, a grating mill, and a machine related to sheep-shearing (RC in same; addressed in German to TJ as president in Washington; postmarked Carlisle, 30 Oct.; endorsed by TJ as received 7 Nov. and so recorded in SJL, but without author’s name).