US Patent: 220,886 
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| Improvements in combined anvil and vise
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	        Patentee:
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 | Garland B. St. John (exact or similar names) - Cedar Rapids, IA |  
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
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        Patent Dates:
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| Applied: | 
Nov. 26, 1878 | 
 
| Granted: | 
Oct. 21, 1879 | 
 
 
 
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                        Carl Matthews 
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        Description: |  
| We have seen a couple of unmarked vises that strongly resemble this patent. One of the vises was marked with a patent date that was unreadable due to a thick coat of modern paint except that the year might be 1878 (which could be a misreading of 1879); the other did not have a patent date. Neither example was marked with a maker's name. |  
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