US Patent No. 103,356, granted May 24, 1870 to William H. Morris of Troy, Obion County, Tennessee, for an improvement in cotton, hay, and hemp presses. The press uses six upright posts and a sliding bottom beam raised by ratchet-bars and two levers, with pawls and friction rollers to reduce friction and increase leverage. The document has two sheets of patent drawings (Figs. 1 and 2) and a three-part specification with description and claim.