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![Fisk's patent air-tight metallic burial cases are for sale by M. W. White, undertaken, ... [Washington, March 1853].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4NTMvMDEvMDEvZmlza3MtcGF0ZW50LWFpci10aWdodC1tZXRhbGxpYy1idXJpYWwtY2FzZXMtYXJlLWZvci1zYWxlLWJ5LW0tdy13aGl0ZS11bmRlcnRha2VuLTEwMjQuanBn/320/425/jpg "Fisk's patent air-tight metallic burial cases are for sale by M. W. White, undertaken, ... [Washington, March 1853].")
![Der gegenwartige stand der...von Ingenieur Ansbert Vorr… [6 March 1909]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE5MDkvMDEvMDEvZGVyLWdlZ2Vud2FydGlnZS1zdGFuZC1kZXJ2b24taW5nZW5pZXVyLWFuc2JlcnQtdm9yci02LW1hcmNoLTE5MDktMS02NDAuanBn/40/27/webp "Der gegenwartige stand der...von Ingenieur Ansbert Vorr… [6 March 1909]")
![An act for the Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchants' Service ... Articles of Agreement ... the [Brig William of Baltimore] in the year ... [1800] Baltimore, Printed and sold by W. Pechin, [1798]](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMDkvMTgvYW4tYWN0LWZvci10aGUtZ292ZXJubWVudC1hbmQtcmVndWxhdGlvbi1vZi1zZWFtZW4taW4tdGhlLW1lcmNoYW50cy1zZXJ2aWNlLTBlMjQ3OC02NDAuanBn/40/44/webp "An act for the Government and Regulation of Seamen in the Merchants' Service ... Articles of Agreement ... the [Brig William of Baltimore] in the year ... [1800] Baltimore, Printed and sold by W. Pechin, [1798]")
![Dr. McConnell's patent for making gas from wood ... [Washington, 1854].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTIvMDQvZHItbWNjb25uZWxscy1wYXRlbnQtZm9yLW1ha2luZy1nYXMtZnJvbS13b29kLXdhc2hpbmd0b24tMTg1NC1lNDdhYzQtNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/63/webp "Dr. McConnell's patent for making gas from wood ... [Washington, 1854].")
![An act concerning public contracts ... April 21, 1808. Approved. Th: Jefferson. [Washington, 1808].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvYW4tYWN0LWNvbmNlcm5pbmctcHVibGljLWNvbnRyYWN0cy1hcHJpbC0yMS0xODA4LWFwcHJvdmVkLXRoLWplZmZlcnNvbi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWJlYmYzMi02NDAuanBn/40/58/webp "An act concerning public contracts ... April 21, 1808. Approved. Th: Jefferson. [Washington, 1808].")
![An act concerning public contracts ... April 21, 1808. Approved. Th: Jefferson. [Washington, 1808].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn18/L3Bob3RvLzIwMTkvMTEvMDQvYW4tYWN0LWNvbmNlcm5pbmctcHVibGljLWNvbnRyYWN0cy1hcHJpbC0yMS0xODA4LWFwcHJvdmVkLXRoLWplZmZlcnNvbi13YXNoaW5ndG9uLWFkMWI4Ny02NDAuanBn/40/59/webp "An act concerning public contracts ... April 21, 1808. Approved. Th: Jefferson. [Washington, 1808].")
![A bill, concerning the sale of property under executions and incumbrances ... [Richmond, 1820].](https://cache.getarchive.net/Prod/thumb/cdn4/L3Bob3RvLzE4MjAvMDEvMDEvYS1iaWxsLWNvbmNlcm5pbmctdGhlLXNhbGUtb2YtcHJvcGVydHktdW5kZXItZXhlY3V0aW9ucy1hbmQtaW5jdW1icmFuY2VzLXJpY2htb25kLTctNjQwLmpwZw%3D%3D/40/64/webp "A bill, concerning the sale of property under executions and incumbrances ... [Richmond, 1820].")
