329 Wabash Avenue, 

 Chicago, July, 1897. 



Dear Sir : / 



We beg to send you, for your library, a 

 copy of a work entitled, "Who Invented 

 the Reaper?" 



During the last century great progress 

 has been made along all the lines of light- 

 ening human labor; especially in the devel- 

 opment of agricultural implements has this 

 progress been marked, and the Reaper has 

 done more than any other article of field 

 machinery to relieve the farmer of his 

 harvest burden the gathering of his crops. 



This small book is the result of investi- 

 gation into the historical records upon this 

 subject, and will be interesting to the student 

 of history, as showing that the honor of the 

 invention of the first successful Reaper rests 

 with the late Cyrus H. McCormick. We 

 trust that it may be acceptable, and find a 

 place upon your shelves. 



Respectfully yours, 

 McCORMICK HARVESTING 



MACHINE COMPANY. 





