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.
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.
.jpg?height=400 "Quelle: Christie's")
Testen Sie LotSearch und seine Premium-Features 7 Tage - ohne Kosten!
Lassen Sie sich automatisch über neue Objekte in kommenden Auktionen benachrichtigen.
Suchauftrag anlegen
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
.jpg "Quelle: Christie's")
