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This document is an original United States Patent Letter issued to inventor Samuel D. Breed on June 29, 1833.Document Details The Invention: An improvement in "manufacturing from cloth the hose used for Fire Engines". Presidential Signature: Prominently signed by Andrew Jackson as President of the United States.Co-Signers:Louis McLane, Secretary of State.R. B. Taney (Roger B. Taney), Attorney General of the United States. Historic Significance This artifact represents a crucial period in American industrial development and early fire apparatus innovation. During the early 1830s, inventors were actively experimenting with waterproof materials—such as early India-rubber compounds—to construct durable, high-pressure flexible hoses capable of replacing traditional riveted leather hoses for fire engines.
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