d form very important items in our domestic commerce. The sewing-machine isan American invention, and the first really practical one was firstoffered to the public by Elias Howe, Jr., about thirty years ago.A patent had been obtained for one five years before. Great improvements have been made, and… … A Mining Scene. The mining interests of the United States have become an eminent part of the national wealth. The extraction of lead, iron,copper, the precious metals, and coal, from the bosom of the earth,is a business that has almost wholly grown up within the last hundred years. In 1754 a lead…
Prophecies · United States
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