1893 antique BENNS & VISSCHER schenectady ny FARM HARVESTING MACHINERY LETTER
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AGRICULTURE

Original April 24, 1893 business letter with original mailed cover from BENNS & VISSCHER of Schenectady, New York, sole agents for Whiteley Harvesting Machinery. The letter is written on an attractive illustrated agricultural machinery letterhead advertising harvesters, mowers, hay rakes, hay tedders, corn harvesters, and related farm equipment.

Addressed to A. J. LEE in Nebraska, the correspondence concerns a request for replacement parts for a grain drill. Benns & Visscher explain that the Amos Whiteley company does not manufacture grain drills and therefore cannot furnish the requested parts, recommending that Lee contact the party from whom the drill was purchased. The company notes that it can supply parts for Champion and Whiteley harvesting machinery on short notice.

Included is the original mailing envelope with Schenectady, New York postmark and period U.S. postage stamp. The combination of the detailed farm-machinery letterhead, original cover, and agricultural equipment content makes this a desirable piece of late nineteenth-century farming and business ephemera.

Features:

• Dated April 24, 1893
• BENNS & VISSCHER letterhead
• Whiteley Harvesting Machinery advertising
• Original mailed cover included
• Agricultural machinery content
• Grain drill parts discussion
• Schenectady, New York business history
• Genealogical interest for A. J. LEE
• Farm equipment and rural commerce ephemera

This item comes from an estate group; other related historical documents and ephemera from the same source may be offered separately.

Authentic period piece related to family, history or local heritage - well-suited for historical collections, genealogical /genealogy research, or museum acquisition.  Vintage or Antique.

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