Mises Wire
Author:
Manuel Lora
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Turns out that Abe Lincoln held patent 6469. From the Patent Office : Abraham Lincoln had a strong interest in new technology and is the only U.S. President to hold a patent. As a young man, Lincoln took a boatload of merchandise down the Mississippi River from New Salem to New Orleans. At one point the boat slid onto a dam and was set free only