Papers, 1836-1846.

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Papers, 1836-1846.

http://www.worldcat.org/oclc/26507709

Legal documents and deeds concerning the Rock River Mill Company, the Grand Detour Hydraulic Company, and the association of Andrus, John Deere and others in the business of blacksmithing and plow manufacture. 2 photostats concern the Grand Detour Claim Association.

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library

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Deere, John, 1804-1886

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John Deere was born February 7, 1804 in Rutland, Vermont. He apprenticed as a blacksmith. After a move to Grand Detour, Illinois, Deere developed and manufactured the first commercially successful cast-steel plow. By 1855, Deere's factory sold more than 10,000 such plows. It became known as "The Plow that Broke the Plains" and is commemorated as such in a historic place marker in Vermont. He died May 17, 1886 in Moline, Illinois. ...

Andrus, Leonard, 1805-1867.

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Early settler of Grand Detour, Illinois. Associated with John Deere in plow manufacture, and later owned the Grand Detour Plow Company, Grand Detour and Moline, Illinois. From the description of Papers, 1836-1846. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 26507709 ...

Grand Detour Hydraulic Company.

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Rock River Mill Company.

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Grand Detour Claim Association.

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