US Patent: 6,469 
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| Buoying Vessels over Shoals
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	        Patentee:
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 | Abraham Lincoln (exact or similar names) - Springfield, IL |  
 
 
 
 
 
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| Not known to have been produced |  
 
 
 
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May 22, 1849 | 
 
 
 
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                        Jeff Joslin 
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        Description: |  
| This is the only patent ever granted to a person who became a U. S. president. |  
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