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Erasmus Bennett wagon brake documents

 Collection — Manuscript box 23 - folder 1: [Barcode: 31924065244620]
Identifier: 442m
Scope and content Two copies of a broadside advertising Erasmus Bennett's self-acting wagon brake, patented in 1864, with directions for mounting it on a wagon, printed by Spencer & Williams in Ithaca, New York; three blank printed receipts for payment for the right to use and sell the brake in a particular town, dated 1860s; one sheet with directions for mounting the brake, printed by Spencer & Williams in Ithaca; and one manuscript document agreeing to pay to "Charles Brown or bearer" five dollars...
Dates: circa 1864.