Henry Black papers 1863-1872 Black, Henry papers

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Henry Black papers 1863-1872 Black, Henry papers

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The Henry Black papers contain personal and business correspondence addressed to Black, primarily concerning life on his family's farm in Carrollton, Illinois, and the marketing and sale of Black's patented hay harvesting machine. The collection also holds several pamphlets offering advice for patent-seekers in the mid-1860s.

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Hobson, Edward Black.

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Black, Henry

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Henry Black was born in Illinois ca. 1836, and lived in Carrollton, Illinois, with his parents, William and Caroline, who owned a farm. His siblings included John W., Catherine, and Alice. In 1864, he moved temporarily to Pacheco, California, where he worked on a farm, and in 1866 he returned to Carrollton and received a patent for a pulley used in hay harvesting. He spent the next several years marketing and selling his machine in the Midwest and South. He committed suicide in 1878...

Black, Caroline

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Black, Alice.

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Gregory, Albert.

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