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John Forsyth Signed Patent for Improvement in the Life Preserver |
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 John Forsyth. Document Signed, as Secretary of State, issued to John J. White, Patent for improvement on the life preserver. Washington, April 7, 1838.
Inventory # 21838 $700
John Forsyth, a Georgia Democrat, was Secretary of State under Andrew Jackson and Martin Van Buren. He served in the U.S. House of Representatives, 1813-1818, in the Senate, 1818-1819, 1823-1827, 1829-1834, and as Governor of Georgia, 1827-1829.
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