Record #:

16112

Author(s):

Fulghum, Neil

Abstract:

From 1790 to 1900, hundreds of the state's residents from across the state patented approximately 2,000 inventions. The first patent granted to a Tar Heel was in 1801 to G. F. Saltonstall of Fayetteville for his work with grain processing.

Source:

Tar Heel Junior Historian (NoCar F 251 T3x), Vol. 19 Issue 2, Winter 1980, p15-18, il

Subject(s):

Inventors