Inventor Name
Wheeler, Eli; Tanner, Henry;
Repository
Manuscripts Department
Maryland Historical Society Library
201 West Monument Street
Baltimore MD 21201-4674
410-685-3750
http://www.mdhs.org/explore/library/collections.html
Physical Description
10 boxes
Summary
II. Patents and Inventions (Feb. 1854-April 1880) This section contains correspondence that deals chiefly with litigation over patent rights and offers to sell the use of patented inventions. Some representative inventions dealt with are: Eli Wheeler's patent sleeping car, Henry Tanner's patent brake, Mallory's patent car coupler, etc. J. H. B. Latrobe is represented by 23 letters in his position as counselor to the B&O RR.
Finding Aid
http://www.mdhs.org/library/Mss/ms001925.html