[60] Singer purchased Phelps’ interest in the company in 1851 and sold it to Edward Clark.
[61] This first, family sewing machine should not be confused in name with a model brought out in the sixties. The name of this first, family machine was in the sense of a new “family” sewing machine. In 1859 a “Letter A” family machine was introduced. Thus in 1865 when the Singer Company brought out another family machine they called it the “New” Family Sewing Machine. Both the first-style Family machine and the Letter A machine are illustrated in Eighty Years of Progress of the United States (New York, 1861), vol. 2, p. 417, and discussed in an article, “The Place and Its Tenants,” in the Sewing Machine Times (Dec. 25, 1908), vol. 27, no. 893.
[62] A looper on the underside in place of the horizontal needle.
[63] Domestic Sewing Machine Company. See Union Special Sewing Machine Co. Sales Bulletin, vol. 3, ch. 15, pp. 58-59.
Chapter Three
| A PARTIAL STATEMENT FROM RECORDS OF “THE SEWING-MACHINE COMBINATION,” SHOWING NUMBER OF SEWING-MACHINES LICENSED ANNUALLY UNDER THE ELIAS HOWE PATENT. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Manufacturer. | 1853. | 1854. | 1855. | 1856. | 1857. | 1858. | 1859. | 1860. | 1861. | 1862. | 1863. | 1864. | 1865. | 1866. |
| Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co. | 799 | 756 | 1,171 | 2,210 | 4,591 | 7,978 | 21,306 | 25,102 | 18,556 | 28,202 | 29,778 | 40,062 | 39,157 | 50,132 |
| I. M. Singer & Co. | 810 | 879 | 883 | 2,564 | 3,630 | 3,594 | 10,953 | 13,000(a) | 16,000(a) | 18,396 | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| The Singer Manufacturing Co. | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 20,030 | 23,632 | 26,340 | 30,960 |
| Grover & Baker S. M. Co. | 657 | 2,034 | 1,144 | 1,952 | 3,680 | 5,070 | 10,280 | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) |
| A. B. Howe ” ” ” | .... | 60 | 53 | 47 | 133 | 179 | 921 | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) |
| Leavitt ” ” ” | 28 | 217 | 152 | 235 | 195 | 75 | 213 | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) |
| Ladd & Webster ” ” ” | 100 | 268 | 73 | 180 | 453 | 490 | 1,788 | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) |
| Bartholf ” ” ” | 135 | 55 | 31 | 35 | 31 | 203 | 747 | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) | (b) |
| A PARTIAL STATEMENT SHOWING NUMBER OF SEWING-MACHINES LICENSED ANNUALLY FROM 1867 TO 1876 INCLUSIVE. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Name of Manufacturer. | 1867. | 1868. | 1869. | 1870. | 1871. | 1872. | 1873. | 1874. | 1875. | 1876. |
| The Singer Manufacturing Co. | 43,053 | 59,629 | 86,781 | 127,833 | 181,260 | 219,758 | 232,444 | 241,679 | 249,852 | 262,316 |
| Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co. | 38,055 | (b) | 78,866 | 83,208 | 128,526 | 174,088 | 119,190 | 92,827 | 103,740 | 108,997 |
| Grover & Baker S. M. Co. | 32,999 | 35,000(a) | 35,188 | 57,402 | 50,838 | 52,010 | 36,179 | 20,000(a) | 15,000(a) | .... |
| Weed Sewing-Machine Co. | 3,638 | 12,000 | 19,687 | 35,002 | 39,655 | 42,444 | 21,769 | 20,495 | 21,993 | 14,425 |
| Howe Sewing-Machine Co. | 11,053 | 35,000(a) | 45,000(a) | 75,156 | 134,010 | 145,000(a) | 90,000(a) | 35,000(a) | 25,000(a) | 109,294 |
| A. B. Howe ” ” ” | .... | .... | .... | .... | 20,051 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| B. P. Howe ” ” ” | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 14,907 | 13,919 | .... | .... | .... |
| Willcox & Gibbs S. M. Co. | 14,152 | 15,000 | 17,201 | 28,890 | 30,127 | 33,639 | 15,881 | 13,710 | 14,522 | 12,758 |
| Wilson (W. G.) ” ” ” | .... | .... | .... | .... | 21,153 | 22,666 | 21,247 | 17,525 | 9,508 | .... |
| American B. H. & S. M. Co. | .... | .... | 7,792 | 14,573 | 20,121 | 18,930 | 14,182 | 13,529 | 14,406 | 17,937 |
| Florence S. M. Co. | 10,534 | 12,000 | 13,661 | 17,660 | 15,947 | 15,793 | 8,960 | 5,517 | 4,892 | 2,978 |
| Shaw & Clark S. M. Co. | 2,692 | 3,000 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Gold Medal ” ” ” | .... | .... | .... | 8,912 | 13,562 | 18,897 | 16,431 | 15,214 | 14,262 | 7,185 |
| Davis ” ” ” | .... | .... | .... | .... | 11,568 | 11,376 | 8,861 | .... | .... | .... |
| Domestic ” ” ” | .... | .... | .... | .... | 10,397 | 49,554 | 40,114 | 22,700 | 21,452 | 23,587 |
| Finkle & Lyon Mfg. Co. and Victor. | 2,488 | 2,000 | 1,339 | 2,420 | 7,639 | 11,901 | 7,446 | 6,292 | 6,103 | 5,750 |
| Ætna Sewing-Machine Co. | 2,958 | 3,500 | 4,548 | 5,806 | 4,720 | 4,262 | 3,081 | 1,866 | 1,447 | 707 |
| Blees ” ” ” | .... | .... | .... | .... | 4,557 | 6,053 | 3,458 | .... | .... | .... |
| Elliptic ” ” ” | 3,185 | .... | .... | .... | 4,555 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Empire ” ” ” | 2,121 | 5,000 | 8,700 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Remington Sewing-Machine Co. | .... | .... | .... | 3,560 | 2,965 | 4,982 | 9,183 | 17,608 | 25,110 | 12,716 |
| Parham ” ” ” | .... | .... | 1,141 | 1,766 | 2,056 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Bartram & Fanton Mfg. Co. | 2,958 | .... | .... | .... | 1,004 | 1,000 | 1,000 | 250 | .... | .... |
| Bartlett Sewing-Machine Co. | .... | .... | .... | .... | 614 | 1,000 | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| J. G. Folsom | .... | .... | .... | .... | 280 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| McKay Sewing-Machine Asso. | .... | .... | .... | 129 | 218 | .... | .... | 128 | 161 | 102 |
| C. F. Thompson | .... | .... | .... | .... | 147 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Union Buttonhole Machine Co. | .... | .... | .... | .... | 124 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Leavitt Sewing-Machine Co. | 1,051 | 1,000 | 771 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Goodspeed & Wyman S. M. Co. | 2,126 | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... |
| Keystone Sewing-Machine Co. | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 2,665 | 217 | 37 | .... | .... |
| Secor ” ” ” | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 311 | 3,430 | 4,541 | 1,307 | .... |
| Centennial ” ” ” | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | .... | 514 | .... | .... | .... |