Palissy, 53 Papers in 1831, 48 "Parcimony in Nutrition," 204 Paris Exposition (1855), 133 Paris, no grain stored in, 217; Bourse in, 222 Parker, J., 63 Pasteur, 51 Patent, Cyrus H. McCormick's first, on Reaper, 59; expiration of original, 91; suits over extension of, 91-98 Patent Law, 91 Patent Office, 91-93, 95, 185 Patents for Reaper and mower inventions, 34, 41; suits over, 45, 90-98; for self-binders, 118 Patton, Dr. Francis L., 172 Paupers in period of 1809, 8 Paved streets, none in Chicago when Cyrus H. McCormick came, 70 Peabody, George, 131, 155 Peavey, F. H., 214 Pennsylvania Railroad, 158; _see also_ Baggage Case Pericles, mills in time of, 236 Peterborough, N. H., 50 Photography, 49 Pillsbury, Minneapolis miller, 236 Pittsburg, Pa., 74 Platform on Reaper, origin of, 33 Plow, hillside, 45, 81 Plow, iron, thought to poison soil, 5; invention of, 49 Plow, self-sharpening, 45 Poe, 1, 51 Police force of Chicago in 1847, 70 Polish female laborers, 197 Pompeii, bread found in ruins of, 234 Poorhouses used as storehouses for wheat, 230 Portugal, 241 Post-office, Chicago, in 1847, 70 Postage in 1831, 50 Postage stamps, 70 Postal Union, 233 "Prairie Ground," American display at London Exhibition of 1851, 126 Prairies, need of Reapers to harvest on the, 65, 73; uncultivated before advent of Reaper, 67 Prairie States, ten, 230 Presbyterian Church, 158, 185, 186 Princeton University, 172 Protestant Reformation, 156, 185 Proudhon, 1, 51 Publicity, Cyrus H. McCormick believed in policy of, 81 Puddling-furnace, 17 Pyramids, wheat pictured on, 206 R Railway from Chicago to Galena, 76 Railways in 1831, 49; extending westward, 67; none reaching Chicago when Cyrus H. McCormick came, 70; Chicago becomes a centre for, 73; preceded by Reaper in West, 192; distribution of food-stuffs by, 210, 211; building of trans-continental, 211; across Siberia, 212; in western Canada, Argentina, and India, 212; as wheat-conveyors, 212; converging at Chicago, 214; in Prairie States, 230 Ready-to-eat foods, 237 Reaper, McCormick, 13, 17, 28-48, 52-67, 73-76, 78-86, 88, 89, 92, 95-98, 100, 103-108, 110-113, 115, 117, 119-124, 126-135, 137, 138, 147, 166, 169, 170, 188-193, 195, 196, 200-203, 208, 210, 212, 214, 226, 227, 230, 243-246 Reapers of all makes, total annual production of, 209 Reciprocating blade, origin of, 32 Red River Valley, 194, 231, 232 Reed, Col. Samuel, 40 Reel, origin of, 33, 46 Republican party, 100 Revolutionary War, 3, 20 Rice, 205, 212, 242 Riots in 1837, 52 "River and Harbor Convention," Chicago, 71, 72 Rochester, N. Y., 234 Rockbridge County, Virginia, McCormick farm in, 2 Rotterdam, wheat stored in, 217 Roumania, 242