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Collection Reference Number GLC06239
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1818 
Title Patent for John Babcock's improvement in printer's ball stocks
Date 18 March 1818
Author Monroe, James (1758-1831)  
Additional authors Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848) Babcock, John (1764-1843) Ingersoll, R. J. (fl. 1818) Scott, William, fl. (1818) Wirt, William (1772-1834)
Document Type Legal document; Government document
Content Description Signed by Monroe as President. Countersigned by John Quincy Adams as Secretary of State and William Wirt as Attorney General. Babcock's description (page two) countersigned by R. J. Ingersoll and William Scott as witnesses. Contains a covered seal and faded white ribbon.
Subjects President  Science and Technology  Printing  Invention  Inventor  Patent  
People Adams, John Quincy (1767-1848)  Babcock, John (1764-1843)  Ingersoll, R. J. (fl. 1818)  Monroe, James (1758-1831)  Scott, William (fl. 1818)  Wirt, William (1772-1834)  
Place written Washington, D.C.
Theme The Presidency; Science, Technology, Invention
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859