Sewing machine license : DS, 1854 May 17.

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Sewing machine license : DS, 1854 May 17.

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Printed license to use one Singer sewing machine in Lowell, Mass., issued to Edwin C. Leslie by patent owners Elias Howe, Jr. and George W. Bliss, also of Mass. The patent was granted to Howe on Sept. 10, 1846.

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Leslie, Edwin C.

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Bliss, George, 1813-1868

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Howe, Elias, 1819-1867

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Elias Howe (b. July 9, 1819, Spencer, MA–d. October 3, 1867, Brooklyn, NY) began his career as an apprentice in textile factory in Lowell, MA before working as a mechanic with carding machinery He then apprenticed with master mechanic Ari Davis and it was there he began to work on his sewing machine. Howe was not first to think of sewing machine, but he made specific refinements and awarded patent for it in 1846 for a lockstitch design. During the Civil War, he served as private with the 17th Co...