United States patent, dated February 10, 1836, signed by Andrew Jackson (1767-1845), seventh President of the United States. The one-page document grants a patent to Melzer Tuells because "he has invented a new and useful improvement In the Machine for Planning and Dressing Boards." It is signed in black fountain pen by Andrew Jackson, as President of the United States, with the signature grading 6/10. Also signed in black fountain pen by Secretary of State John Forysyth (3/10) and Attorney General Benjamin Butler (3/10). The official government seal (badly faded) remains affixed in the lower right corner. The document (11x15.5"), which has one horizontal and two vertical folds, displays toning, moderate foxing, light creasing, and small edge tears. Included with the patent is Tuell's one-page handwritten and signed specifications of his device (10.75x13.75"; GD-VG), which is attached to the patent by means of ribbons along the left border of each, and a one-page 1962 letter (8x10"; GD) from the patent office to a former owner of the patent document regarding the history of the patent (together with a file-copy diagram [8x9.75"; FR-GD] of Tuell's device).