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December 28, 1897 - Charles V. Richey of Washington, D.C. received patent number 596,427 for new and useful improvements in fire escape brackets. His invention was designed to attach to a windowsill, to which a fire escape ladder could be attached. When not in use for that purpose, it could be used as a writing table. Not much else is known of Richey’s life.