Title
[Document, 1797 June 15]
Library Location
Name
Pickering, Timothy, 1745-1829 (Author)
Jay, John, 1745-1829 (Addressee)
Format
correspondence
Digital Project
Papers of John Jay
Date
June 15, 1797
Language
English
Physical Description
1 page
Subjects
United States--History--Constitutional period, 1789-1809; Jay, John, 1745-1829
Summary
There is nothing to oppose Mr. Bloodgood's claim for a patent on his invention of a floating battery, but as yet he has not taken one. Unless the state adopts the invention he is unlikely to receive any emolument, which has probably occasioned his hesitation.
Identifier
columbia.jay.04821