Thomas Davenport correspondence
Contributors: Cook, Ransom
Language: eng
Number of pages: 48
Subjects: Correspondence; Students; Design and construction; United States Military Academy; Electric motors; Electromagnetism
Description: Letters received chiefly by Davenport's business partner, Ransom Cook, relating to the company they formed, with workshops in Vermont and New York, to develop and promote the electromagnetic motor and to its application and use.  Includes two letters from W.H.C. Bartlett requesting a machine for the use of his students at the United States Military Academy.  Other correspondents include W.W. Ayres, Marcus Cook, and Nelson Cook, nephew and brothers of Ransom Cook, who were employees of the company.
Notes: Open to research.

Transfer, Library of Congress Geography and Map Division, 1997.

Blacksmith, of Brandon, Vt., who constructed an electric motor in 1834 that was patented in 1837.

Collection material in English.

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