Hubert, Philip Gengembre, 1852-1925 · New York, C. Scribner's sons · leaf 321
heavalof 1848 came here with Siegel,Carl Schurz, and George Osterheld, the latterafterward becoming his partner. The youngmans first work here was as an engineer on theErie Railroad line, then building. In 1854 he es-tablished himself in Yonkers in the business ofrepairing the tools used in the… … f/ Rudolph Eickemeyer. ers, ironers, and sewing-machines substitutedmechanism for laborious and slow methods ofhand work. At the beginning of the war Eicke-meyer was quick to see the opportunity for PAST AND PRESENT 295 turning his factory to other uses, and vast quan-tities of revolvers were made…
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