33K views · 769 reactions | A little snippet of calligraphy from a Georgian Letters Patent. With the Royal Heraldic College of Georgia საქართველოს სამეფო ჰერალდიკური კოლეჯი https://www.tania-crossingham.com/ | Tania Crossingham - Illuminator, Heraldic Artist and Teacher | Facebook

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The Patent Number They Wanted You To Forget August 30, 1881: William S. Campbell received U.S. Patent No. 246,369 for a self-setting animal trap. History barely remembers his name. Here's why: The Patent Office didn't track race, so Black inventors were systematically erased from history. Henry Baker, an assistant patent examiner and 3rd Black Naval Academy midshipman, sent 2,500 letters to find them. Some patent attorneys replied they'd "never heard of a colored inventor." Baker found 1,000 Bla