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Asahel R. Holcomb patent documents

Collection — huntington box: 9 - folder 1

Identifier: 1366m

Scope and content

Manuscript copies of two documents in which Asahel R. Holcomb signs over an interest in his patent for a new method of shingling roofs (called a "hipped" roof), first to Shotwell Powell in 1863, and then to Emory D. Parker in 1878. With these is an 1880 document from the United States Patent Office certifying that these copies are accurate transcripts of the originals.

Dates

1863-1880.

Creator

United States. Patent Office (Organization)
Holcomb, Asahel R. (Person)
Powell, Shotwell. (Person)
Parker, Emory D. (Person)

Language of Material

In English.

Biographical / Historical

Asahel R. Holcomb, Shotwell Powell, and Emory D. Parker were all residents of Naples, Ontario County, New York (Holcomb subsequently moved to Calhoun County, Michigan).