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| | James Greer Patent Claim |
 | | It also appears by the affidavit of James Stubblefield, a superintendent of the armory, that soon after the patent was obtained, the patentee, Greer, notified him that he, Greer, must be paid a fair compensation for the use of the patent, or that the armory must cease to use it. |
 | | James Greer (like your petitioners) was a practical mechanic, and in the employment of the United States at their armory at Harper's Ferry from 1803 until his death. |
 | | That the said James Greer's invention was introduced and used in the national armories at Springfield and Harper's Ferry, by direction of the Secretary of War, about the years 1798 to 1803, and is still in use in both establishments, as well as throughout the world, the principle never having been superseded to this hour. |
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