====== Patent X-126: 1796-11-16, Machine for Heading and Cutting Nails ======

^ X Number      ^ Date       ^ Inventor       ^ City             ^ Title  ^ Status ^
| X-126       | 1796-11-16 | Isaac Garretson | Unknown, PA | Machine for Heading and Cutting Nails | Missing |

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Most of the patents prior to 1836 were lost in the Dec. 1836 fire. Only about 2,000 of the almost 10,000 documents were recovered. Little is known about this patent. There are no patent drawings available. This patent is in the database for reference only. 



Garretson, Isaac, Born Feb 17 1765 in Adams/York County, Pennsylvania, Died Dec 13 1844 in Salem, Henry, Iowa



He was a Navy Purser at Baltimore Station in 1812.

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