The safety pin is patented in New York City

The safety pin was patented in New York City.  Walter Hunt invented the design, constructed a prototype, and sold his patent rights for one hundred dollars, all in one afternoon. (By John Osborne)
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Joseph Nathan Kane, ed., Famous First Facts (New York: H.W. Wilson Company, 1981), 471.
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