Letter signed Thomas Jefferson, Poplar Forest, to Capt. John Wharton, July 10, 1818
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Identifier: D00755
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English
- Thomas Jefferson Collection | Letter signed Thomas Jefferson, Poplar Forest, to Capt. John Wharton. The elevator and conveyor have been used for thousands of years, the hopper boy was invented in Maryland and Pennsylvania and in use for many years before Evans’ patent, and "his corn crusher stands only on his [Evans’] patent right, and is a gross plagiarism." (2 pages, polygraph) (This letter is written on the back of an envelope and over a reply from R. Pollard accepting an invitation to dinner that is dated 6 December 1817.), 1818 July 10
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