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  • John Gates Letter to Ira G. Hoyt, 1881
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John Gates Letter to Ira G. Hoyt, 1881

July 23, 2014
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Inventor Name

Gates, John

Repository

The Bancroft Library
University of California
Berkeley, CA 94720-6000
510-642-6481
http://www.lib.berkeley.edu/libraries/bancroft-library

Physical Description

3 p.

Summary

1881 Aug. 28. Concerns his inventions in use on Oregon steamships. Written on stationery of the Oregon Railway and Navigation Company, Columbia and Willamette Division.

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