iS6 List of Patents « 
D. French, Dec. 23, improvement in manufacturing cut nails. 
D. French, Dec. 23, improvement in manufacturing wrought nails. 
Jared Byington, Dec. 23, improvement in heading nails. 
Jason Frost, Dec. 23, improvement in heading nails. 
James Dellet, Dec. 23, machine for separating scoured rice. 
Robert Watkins, Dec. 23, improvement in ginning cotton. 
John Murray, Dec. 23, improvement in ginning cotton. 
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John Mazro, Jan, 6. improvement in making soap. 
John Nazro, Jan, 6, extracting alkali from marine salt and kelp. 
Charles Wilson Peaie, Jan. 21, improvement in bridges. 
J Spence, Feb. 16, improvement in cutting and heading nails. 
Joseph F. Mangin, Feb. 16, improvement in cutting and polish* 
ing marble, 8cc. 
James M‘Callmont, Feb. 20, improvement in stoves. 
S Mulliken, Feb. 20, improvement in scouring or skinning rice. 
Richard Stuart, Feb 24, improvement in chimneys. 
John Fowler, Feb. 24, improvement in bridges. 
Jesse Kersey, Feb. 2 4, improvement m cutting and heading nails. 
L. Allwine, Feb. 24, improvement in mixing colours and painting. 
Thomas Hirst, March 1 1, in provement in stoves. 
William Booker, March 11, machine for threshing wheat, Sec. 
Silas Betts, March 18, improvement in a tide water wheel. 
“Nathaniel Briggs, March 18 , improvement in washing clothes. 
Caleb Wheaton, March 29, improvement in stoves. 
Jesse Kersey, April 13, improvement in fire engines. 
Caleb Leach, April 13, improvement in boring pumps. 
Fitch Hall, April 1 7, combination of astringent woods and vege* 
tables in distilling, See. 
Je oshapha. Starr, April 28, improvement in propelling boats 
and vessels, by steam engines. 
William Faris, April 29, improvement in propelling carriages. 
Benjamin Duval, May 3, antibilious pills. 
Isaac Garretson, May 29, improvement in constructing and rig* 
gdng vessels, 
Amos Whittemore, June 5, improvement in manufacturing wool 
cards, &c. 
David Grieve, June 8, improvement in looms. 
Walter Burt, June 23, raising a nap o i cloths. 
Benjamin Seymour, June 26, rollers for slitting and other mills 
lor rolling iron. 
B. Seymour, June 26, improvement in straightening iron hoops. 
