His great discovery was still further perfected bj' the invention of the Web Perfecting Press, which prints on both sidesof the paper, cuts it off and folds it, ready for the carrier, at the rate of twenty-four thousand copies an hour. When one sees this piece of mechanism in full running order, the thought that first arises is that in this machine human ingenuity and skill have reached their limit. The business of R. Hoe & Co. is of immense extent. A whole block on Grand Street, New York, is occupied with their manufactory, and the enterprise, which was begun on a very limited scale in 1805, in 188o employed over one thousand hands, and the whole world acknowledges their superiority in the manufacture of machinery for perfecting the " .\rt preservative of Arts."

The children of Robert Hoe and Rachel Smith were Mary, wife of Rev. Ebenezer Seymour; Elizabeth, wife of Merlin Mead ; Emeline, wife of Giles S. Ely ;

Rachel, wife of M. W. Dodd ; Theodosia, wife of Rev. William S. Leavitt ; Richard M., Robert and Peter S.

Colonel Richard M. Hoe was born September 12, 1812, and married Lucy, daughter of Josiah Gilbert. Their children are Emily, wife of Cyrus J. Lawrence; and Adeline, wife of De Witt C. Lawrence, brother of the former. Colonel Hoe was married a second time, to Mary S., daughter of Henry E. Corbin, of Virginia. Their children are Annie C, Mary S., wife of J. Henry Harper, and Fannie B., wife of John Harper.