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V. COOPER, GRACE ROGERS, THE SEWING MACHINE: ITS INVENTION AND DEVELOPMENT, PP 52-53. THE PATENT WAS TAKEN OUT BY AARON PALMER.
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A MME. DEMOREST 'FAIRY' SEWING OR RUNNING-STITCH MACHINE, THE ORNAMENTALLY CAST IRON BASE MARKED TWICE PATENTED MAY 13 1862, WITH HAND-CRANKED GEAR CLOTH-FEED AND STOP SCREW FOR STITCH LENGTH - 5½IN. WIDE
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