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Shields Library is closed through January 4, 2026. Digitization and interlibrary loan requests will be fulfilled after the library reopens on January 5.

Manny Reaper Collection.

Collection Number: MC030

Court records and correspondence concerning the patent dispute between John Manny and Cyrus McCormick over a reaper invention.

Inclusive Dates

1852-1859.

Subject

Agricultural Technology

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