"EDWARD STABLER."
"Wye House,
"Dec. 20, 1852.
"Dear Sir:—Having worked your Reaper for many years I have fully tested its merits. It has proved itself to be not only a wheat saving implement but a labor and time saving one—these are all important to the farmer.
"It does its work completely, regardless of the position of the wheat, if in condition to bind.
"Those you sent me in the spring worked well through the harvest, and proved their strength.
"Yours respectfully,
"EDW'D LLOYD."
"Oxford, Md.,
"Dec. 8, 1852.