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Collection
Science, Medicine & Technology Collection
Title
Patent Drawing of a Stillmaking Apparatus
Object ID
2014.005
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Collection
Science, Medicine & Technology Collection
Title
Patent Drawing of a Stillmaking Apparatus
Description
Watercolor sketch of the equipment referred to in the patent for Jacob Weitzel's stillmaking apparatus
Signed on lower right: "J. F. Reigart Draugh.(ist?)
See MG0632 Folder 10 for patent; additional information in "Notes & Legal" tab.
Provenance
Patent and Drawing of Still, Gift of Dr. Richard A. Sauers, November 4, 2012.
Items were given to donor by Mrs. Rosine Weitzel Bucher, originally of Lancaster.
Year Range From
1832
Year Range To
1836
Creator
Reigart, J. F.
Storage Location
LancasterHistory, Lancaster, PA
Storage Room
DAC
Storage Cabinet
Cabinet 2
Storage Shelf
Shelf 4
Storage Container
Box 0523
People
Reigart, J. F.
Subcategory
Art
Object Name
Drawing
Condition
Good
Object ID
2014.005
Notes
MG0632, Folder 10. Jacob Weitzel's patent for stills with the signature of President Andrew Jackson, January 30, 1834. Much of the ink on the document has faded; the seal is intact. Also signed by U.S. Secretary of State Louis McLane and Attorney General B.F. Butler. Registered in the U.S. Patent Office, June 5, 1837.
Weitzel was a coppersmith in Lancaster.
Credit
Gift of Dr. Richard A. Sauers, In Memory of Rosine Bucher
Accession Number
2014.005
Other Number
MG0632
Images
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