LIST OF SEWING MACHINE COMPANIES, PROPRIETORS AND INVENTORS IN EXHIBITION AT NEW YORK CITY IN 1853-4
29 Three sewing machines respectively adapted to sewing woollen goods, muslin, linen fabrics and leathers. Avery Sewing Machine Company, manufacturer: 251 Broadway, New York City.
30 Patent straight needle vertical sewing machine I. M. Singer & Co. , proprietor & manufacturer cor. Centre and Franklin streets. Office, 258 Broadway, New York.
32 Miniature automaton shoe machine John James Greenough, proprietor 6 Wall Street, New York City.
44 A seaming lathe for stitching linen, cotton and other fabrics. Wheeler, Wilson & Co. manu. & prop. Watertown, Connecticut. Office, 265 Broadway, New York City.
45 A Sewing machine for making sails Daniel C. Ambler inv., man. & prop. 64 Broadway, New York City.
46 Improved sewing machine Abraham Bartholf man. & prop. 33 Gold St., New York City. inventors, Blodgett & Lerow
58 Various sewing machines Grover, Baker & Co. inv. & manu, Haymarket Square, Boston, Massachusetts.
63 A sewing machine Freeman Palmer inv. & prop. Conneaut, Ashtabula County, Ohio.
65 A sewing machine John Batchelder & Co. manu. Lisbon Cotton Mills, Lisbon, Connecticut.
96 Sewing machine Jonathan A. Ross manu. St. Louis, Missouri.
99 Patent sewing machine Elias Howe, Jr. pat. & prop. Cambridgeport, Massachusetts 201 Broadway, New York City.
136 Boot and leather sewing machine William Wickersham inv. & pat. 20 Bulfinch Street, Boston, Massachusetts.
138 Improved self-feeding sewing machine Pearson Crosby pat. & manu. Fredonia, New York City.
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from The Invention of the Sewing Machine, by Grace Rogers Cooper:
A William C. Watson machine was exhibited at the 1853 New York Industry of All Nations Exhibition. This was a single-looping machine; Watson received a patent for this single-thread machine on November 25, 1856.