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No. 201,488, the United States of America : To all to whom these presents shall come : Whereas A. Graham Bell, Boston, Mass, has presented to the commissioner of patents a petetition praying for the grant of letters patent for an alleged new and useful improvement speaking telephones.
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "No. 201,488, the United States of America : To all to whom these presents shall come : Whereas A. Graham Bell, Boston, Mass, has presented to the commissioner of patents a petetition praying for the grant of letters patent for an alleged new and useful improvement speaking telephones." The New York Public Library Digital Collections. 1800 - 1910. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-8db1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs: Print Collection, The New York Public Library. "No. 201,488, the United States of America : To all to whom these presents shall come : Whereas A. Graham Bell, Boston, Mass, has presented to the commissioner of patents a petetition praying for the grant of letters patent for an alleged new and useful improvement speaking telephones." New York Public Library Digital Collections. Accessed October 14, 2026. https://old-digitalcollections.nypl.org/items/510d47dc-8db1-a3d9-e040-e00a18064a99
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