Source: Illinois Historical Markers; a Guide R 917.73 G946
The book covers the entire state. This is the page on Rockford.
Cyrus McCormick
Manny-McCormick Reaper Trial, 1855 – Shigley, 2013
Source: Chicago History Examiner, Elaine Shigley, Nov. 21, 2013
Manny-McCormick Trial
p. 417 Lincoln Defense Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois 929.377331 R883p also few pages at beginning of book How Rockford Became an Industrial City 977.331 R212h
Source: Pioneers of Winnebago and Boone Counties, Illinois 929.377331 R883p & How Rockford Became an Industrial City
977.331 R212h
Manny Reaper vs McCormick
Manny won, dec announced 1/16/1856
Source: Rockfordiana “Bio MAL-MAN” & Rockford Morning Star 2/08/1953
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