It is stated that the oldest hnnd fi engine m the United States is at Bethl ea hem, Pennsylvania, it was built hy Brooks, of London," in 1698, and imported by the Moravians of Bethlehem the same year. Tn the year IB4B^a£fcer I£iO , years of useful service, it was deposited m the museum of the Youn? Men's Missionary Society, where it still remains and is yet m working order. The maker's original bill and the shipping papers exist to attest these faots.
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Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 104, 10 April 1883, Page 2
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82Untitled Manawatu Standard, Volume 4, Issue 104, 10 April 1883, Page 2
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