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George Esterly papers, 1840-1914

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Esterly, George, 1809-1893
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Papers of a Wisconsin agricultural machinery inventor and manufacturer; including an autobiography, a genealogy of the Esterly family, and miscellaneous letters, deeds, and other papers. In the aut...

Papers of a Wisconsin agricultural machinery inventor and manufacturer; including an autobiography, a genealogy of the Esterly family, and miscellaneous letters, deeds, and other papers. In the autobiography Esterly describes his immigration from New York State to Michigan, his work there in logging camps, his purchase of farm land in Heart Prairie, Wisconsin, and his inventions of grain harvesting machinery such as the Esterly Twine Binding Machine. Also present are several drawings by Burton Esterly.

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