JAMES MONROE
CERTIFIES THE PATENT FOR DANIEL PETTIBONE’S “RARIFYING AIR STOVE FOR WARMING ROOMS” ACCOMPANIED BY A FULL DESCRIPTION OF THE DEVICE AND MULTIPLE DRAWINGS OF THE FURNACE, BY PETTIBONE
MONROE, JAMES. (1758-1831). Fifth President of the United States. Partially-Printed Document Signed, “Ja[me]s Monroe”, as Secretary of State in James Madison’s cabinet. One full page, quarto. Washington. October 14, 1813. Ornate wafer small seal of State affixed at lower left, with remnant of pink silk ribbon attached. Monroe certifies that:
“the annexed is a true copy of a patent granted to Daniel Pettibone the 28th Day of October 1808, for a rarifying Air Stove for the warming of Rooms: also of the drawings and reference to the drawings of the same —“
What makes this grouping especially choice is a 2 page, quarto manuscript in the hand of Pettibone, entitled: “References to the Drawings”, where in he illustrates the device itself! Adding to this and accompanying the above, are a 6 full page legal folio manuscript description of the device, that gives in great detail all the improvements and additions to the previously granted patent.
DANIEL PETTIBONE. (1770–1820). Smith and inventor; he received patents for a variety of inventions, including improvements in welding cast steel to iron, boring gun barrels, warming rooms, and manufacturing tools; and he published several pamphlets about his inventions. Pettibone lived in Connecticut, Washington, D.C., and Boston before settling in about 1810 in Philadelphia, where he died.
Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the December 1836 fire at the Patent office. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent in official records, and only a partial patent drawing is available through official records.
This small archive gives the device life and explains to us, the modern reader/researcher a fascinating insight into our early history of US manufactured goods. In its entirety, this is an exceeding rare grouping, and worthy of inclusion in the finest Presidential and scientific collections. Just superb!
$6500.00
For more info see: A Stove Less Ordinary: Daniel Pettibone, “Inventor” of the Warm-Air Furnace (stovehistory.blogspot.com)