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DOUGLAS, STEPHEN A. AUTOGRAPH LETTER SIGNED ("S. A. DOUGLAS"), TO MESSRS. PECK & MCDOUGALL, INTRODUCING THE INVENTOR MR. C.H. MCCORMICK OF VIRGINIA. WASHINGTON, D.C., 7 MAY 1848. ONE PAGE, 4TO, SHEET EVENLY BROWNED, A LITTLE SOILING. "...PERMIT ME TO INTRODUCE TO YOU MR. C.H. MCCORMICK OF VIRGINIA WHO COMES TO ME HIGHLY RECOMMENDED FROM GOV. MCDOWELL OF THAT STATE AS A HIGHLY RESPECTABLE AND WORTHY GENTLEMAN. HE IS THE INVENTOR OF A MACHINE KNOWN AS THE VIRGINIA REAPER, AND WISHES TO INTRODUCE IT INTO USE IN ILLINOIS..."
CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK (1809-84), INVENTED A SUCCESSFUL REAPING MACHINE (PATENTED 1834), BEGAN ITS MANUFACTURE ON A LARGE SCALE IN 1847, INTRODUCED IT INTO EUROPE AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON, 1851. WITH HIS BROTHER, LEANDER JAMES, HE FORMED MCCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE CO.
CYRUS HALL MCCORMICK (1809-84), INVENTED A SUCCESSFUL REAPING MACHINE (PATENTED 1834), BEGAN ITS MANUFACTURE ON A LARGE SCALE IN 1847, INTRODUCED IT INTO EUROPE AT THE INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION IN LONDON, 1851. WITH HIS BROTHER, LEANDER JAMES, HE FORMED MCCORMICK HARVESTING MACHINE CO.