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[43] See Howe's biographical sketch, p 141

[44] Op cit (footnote 34) Attachue's decisions

[45] _Sewing Machine Journal_ (July 1887), pp 93-94

[46] _Report of the Sixth Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable Mechanics association, in the City of Boston, Septeraphical sketch, pp 141-142

[48]_Scientific American_ (Dec 6, 1851), vol 7, no 12, p 95

[49] Ibid (Sept 20, 1851), vol 7, no 1, p 7

[50] Ibid (June 4, 1853), vol 7, no 38, p 298

[51] J D VAN SLYCK, _New England Manufactures and Manufactories_, vol

2, pp 672-682

[52] See his biographical sketch, pp 142-143

[53] CHESTER MCNEIL, _A History of the Sewing Machine_ in Union Sales Bulletin, vol 3, Union Special Sewing Machine Co, Chicago, Illinois, pp 83-85 1903

[54] _Sewing Machine Tiives this limited description of the first machine, with detailed i for a patent: ”In my previous machine, to which reference has been made, the bobbin was carried by the needle-carrier, and hence the th of thread required to form the loop, which was objectionable, as infor all other purposes” Quoted fro 12, 1851 It should be noted that in some instances there was a considerable lapse of time from the date a patent application was made until the patent was issued In this case the handwritten specifications were dated March 14, 1851, and the formal Patent Office receipt was dated April 16, 1851

[56] If a patent was not approved, for any reason, the records were placed in an ”Abandoned File” In 1930 Congress authorized the disposal of the old ”Abandoned Files,” requiring theer Co an account of the first patent application

[57] Its whereabouts was unknown as early as 1908, as stated in the _Sewing Machine Ti 25, 1908), vol 18, no 418 Models of abandoned patents frequently remained at the Patent Office

Approximately 76,000 models were ruined in a Patent Office fire in 1877

In 1908 over 3000 models of abandoned patents were sold at auction

Either incident could account for the machine's disappearance

[58] The patent model of 8,294 is a machine that bears the serial number 22; it was manufactured before April 18, 1851, the date it was recorded as received by the Patent Office

[59] Willianall, in ”Contributions to American Economic History,” vol 1 (1908), MS, Harvard School of Business Library

[60] Singer purchased Phelps' interest in the company in 1851 and sold it to Edward Clark