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Lot #220
Peter Cooper

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Description

Versatile American industrialist, inventor, and politician (1791-1883) who designed the first steam locomotive built in the United States (the 'Tom Thumb'), and patented a gelatin dessert later marketed under the brand name Jell-O. LS, one page on a 5 x 3 postcard, March 12, 1883. Letter to the editor of the Bradford County Journal, in full: "I send you herewith 'Ideas for a Science of good Government'; please send the Paper, that may contain your review of the book, to the address, given after the Preface." In very good to fine condition, with several vertical creases, and a trivial brush to the signature.

Auction Info

  • Auction Title: Fine Autograph and Artifacts
  • Dates: #604 - Ended March 10, 2021





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