Documents Of A Meeting Of The Proprietors Of The New York Patent Thrashing Machine Purchases

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Somerset, Maine: East Pond Plantation, 1837. Interesting documents from 19th-century Maine chronicling the mechanization of farming. The documents concern a group of farmers from East Pond, Maine who purchased a thrashing machine for 80, in addition to some other equipment. Originally invented in Scotland in 1784, threshing machines began to be patented in the United States around 1812. 1 Oct. & Nov. 1837, 1838 16 x 7½ . Account of wheat, etc.,

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