A. B. Wilson’s Sewing Machine ... the best and only practical sewing machine—not larger than a lady’s work box—for the trifling sum of $35.[49]
Figure 24.—Wilson’s prepatent model for his rotary hook, 1851. (Smithsonian photo 45506-E.)
Figure 25.—Wilson’s rotary-hook patent model, 1851. (Smithsonian photo 45505-B.)
Wilson severed relations with Lee and Kline in early 1851 shortly after meeting Nathaniel Wheeler, who was to become his partner in a happier, more profitable enterprise involving the sewing machine.
