Elias Howe, Inventor Howe's Sewing Machine

  
 Price: $9.95

Stock #:557649
Type: First Day Cover
Postmark: 1940 Oct-14
Postmark City: Spencer
Postmark State: MA
Stamp: 5c
Size: 3.75" x 6.5" (10 x 16.5 cm)

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Born July 9, 1819 at Spencer, Mass. He invented the sewing machine in 1846. The years following were spent in expensive and harassing lawsuits to establish his claims and his rights to the benefits of his ingenious invention. He died in Brooklyn, N.Y., October 3, 1867

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