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cotton-picking wages

Almost two years after the Civil War ended Alfred R. Waud was still providing illustrations from the front for Harper’s Weekly. Back in January his drawings of a rice plantation in Georgia were published. The February 2, 1867 issue of … Continue reading

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Grim Reaper?

From the Richmond Daily Dispatch October 29, 1861: Non-extension of M’Cormick’s reaper patent. The Commissioner of Patents has declared adversely on McCormick’s application for the extension of his reaper patent of 1847, for the following reasons: 1. 1st. That the … Continue reading

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