Elias Howe

(1819-1867)

NAME AUTHORITIES: LOC: Howe, John, 1630-1705 LBT ID: ElHowe1867 VIAF ID: 67575842 LOC ID: n83124625	B/BAP: 1819-07-09 DIED: 1867-10-03
SOURCES: DAB; Virtual International Authority File; LOC Name Authority File
Originally a factory apprentice in Lowell, Massachusetts, he invented the sewing machine in the 1840s.
REFERENCES TO Elias Howe: Charles Knight, Passages of a Working Life during Half a Century: with a Prelude of Early Reminiscences 3 vols (London: Bradbury and Evans, 1864-1865) Chapter X Found 1: ¶ 18