Alexander Lamb petition, 1825

Contributor:

George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830 (addressee); Kraus, Hans Peter, 1907-1988 (former owner); Stanitz, John D. (former owner); Schoenberg, Lawrence J. (former owner)

Name:

Lamb, Alexander; Suttill, William

Timespan:

George IV, 1820-1830

Date:

1825

Description:

Petition from Alexander Lamb, a banker of London, and William Suttill, a flax spinner of Middlesex, requesting a royal patent from George IV for the use in Ireland of their improvements in machinery for preparing, drawing, roving, and spinning flax, hemp, and waste silk. A note on the verso dated 23 September 1825 records transfer of the petition to the Lord Lieutenant of Ireland for his consideration.

Language:

English

Provenance:

Formerly owned by Hans Peter Kraus, as part of ms. 836.; Formerly owned by John D. Stanitz (Cleveland, Ohio), as part of Ms. 11.; Acquired by Lawrence J. Schoenberg with other Stanitz manuscripts, Sept. 1997.; Deposit by Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle, 2012.; Gift of Barbara Brizdle Schoenberg, 2016.

Relation:

The Lawrence J. Schoenberg and Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative Fund Home Page: http://hdl.library.upenn.edu/1017.12/366278; Digital facsimile for download (OPenn): https://openn.library.upenn.edu/Data/0001/html/ljs180_item12.html

Subject:

Technology; Textile industry -- Great Britain; Textile industry; Patents -- Great Britain; Patents; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

Petitions; Manuscripts, English; Manuscripts, European

Physical Description:

1 item (1 leaf)

Geographic Subject:

Great Britain; Great Britain -- History -- George IV, 1820-1830

Rights:

https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

Lawrence J. Schoenberg & Barbara Brizdle Manuscript Initiative.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Manuscripts, LJS 180

Collection:

Industrial History Letters and Documents; Lawrence J. Schoenberg Collection (University of Pennsylvania)