Evidence to prove Cyrus H. McCormick invented the reaper, 1831-1931.

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Evidence to prove Cyrus H. McCormick invented the reaper, 1831-1931.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/145787551

Typescript copies of letters, newspaper articles, documents, and court records originally assembled to dispute the claims of the Smithsonian Institute and the University of Virginia that Robert McCormick invented the reaper.

0.8 c.f. (2 archives boxes)

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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SNAC Resource ID: 6850101

Wisconsin Historical Society, Newspaper Project

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McCormick, Robert, 1780-1864.

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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...