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Aug-21-2011, 12:40am
August 21, 1916, William T. Vaughn of Ft. Smith, Arkansas filed U.S. Patent #50545 (http://www.google.com/patents?id=_0FrAAAAEBAJ&pg=PP1) for a "new, original and ornamental design for mandolin."

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