My faithful servant, Joseph, 1854 December 2.

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My faithful servant, Joseph, 1854 December 2.

McCormick grants Joseph's request to work where he pleases, thanks him for past services and discusses his future, asking him to decide what he wishes to do. Joseph was a slave.

4 p.

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SNAC Resource ID: 6808306

Library of Virginia

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McCormick, Cyrus Hall, 1809-1884

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American inventor. From the description of Autograph signature clipped from the register of Brown's Hotel : Washington, D. C., [n.d.]. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 270608834 Cyrus H. McCormick, inventor of the reaper, was, at the time of this letter, engaged in his fruitless efforts to renew the patent for his invention. From the description of My faithful servant, Joseph, 1854 December 2. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122700825 Inventor, from Chicago...

Joseph,

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