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Code · STATUTES-AT-LARGE · Vol. 6 STAT. · May 7, 1822 · Chapter LXXV

Chapter LXXV. authorizing the issuing of Letters Patent to Joshua Garsed

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Chap. LXXV.— An Act authorizing the issuing of Letters Patent to Joshua Garsed. May 7, 1822. *Be it enacted, &c., * Letters patent to be issued for his improvement on a machine for the formation of the sliver in spinning flax and hemp, &c. That the Secretary of State do issue letters patent to Joshua Garsed, of the city of New York, for his invention of a new and useful improvement on a machine for the formation of the sliver in spinning of flax and hemp, upon his complying with all the provisions of the several acts relative to the issuing of letters patent for improvements and inventions, except so far as the said acts require a residence of two years in the United States, in like manner as if the said Joshua Garsed were a citizen of the United States.
Approved, May 7, 1822.
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