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This US president is the only one to hold a patent
United States patent number 6,469 is for "buoying vessels over shoals." Granted on May 22, 1849, the concept involves equipping large boats with "india-rubber cloth, or another suitable waterproof ...
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How much money is a U.S. president's signature worth?
There's a huge market for signatures of former U.S. presidents like George Washington, Abraham Lincoln, Thomas Jefferson and Theodore Roosevelt. Barry Petersen spoke with a collector about the ...
Abraham Lincoln owned a drum made in Mass.; Do you know where it is?
Massachusetts is home to the oldest drum company in the United States and one of the oldest in the world. Noble and Cooley in ...
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UP announces locomotive honoring Abraham Lincoln
Union Pacific has marked Presidents Day by announcing plans for a locomotive to honor the nation’s 16th president, Abraham ...
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New resources allow a deeper dive into Lincoln's character
"This project underscores the Abraham Lincoln Association’s dedication to preserving and promoting Lincoln’s legacy," said ...
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Collected Works of Abraham Lincoln now digitally free to the public
The Abraham Lincoln Association has made available to the public a new, digitized collection of the writings of 16th US ...