Source: Official Retrospective Exhibition of the Development of Harvesting Machinery for the Paris Exposition of 1900.
John H. Manny
John H. Manny, death, accomplishments – 1856, inventor of Reaper and Mower
Source: Rockford Weekly Register-Gazette, February 2, 1856
Illinois Historical Markers – Rockford
Source: Illinois Historical Markers; a Guide R 917.73 G946
The book covers the entire state. This is the page on Rockford.
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, John H., Factory
Manny Reaper vs McCormick
Manny won, dec announced 1/16/1856
Source: Rockfordiana “Bio MAL-MAN” & Rockford Morning Star 2/08/1953