[Illustration: +----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | A PARTIAL STATEMENT FROM RECORDS OF "THE SEWING-MACHINE COMBINATION," | | SHOWING NUMBER OF SEWING-MACHINES LICENSED ANNUALLY | | UNDER THE _ELIAS HOWE_ PATENT. | +-----+--------+---------+---------+---------+------+-------+-------+--------+ |NAME |Wheeler |I. M. |The |Grover & |A. B. |Leavitt|Ladd & |Bartholf| |OF |& |Singer |Singer |Baker |Howe |S. M. |Webster|S. M. | |MANU-|Wilson |& Co. |Manufac- |S. M. Co.|S. M. |Co. |S. M. |Co. | |FACT-|Mfg. Co.| |turing | |Co. | |Co. | | |URER.| | |Co. | | | | | | +-----+--------+---------+---------+---------+------+-------+-------+--------+ |1853 |799 |810 |.... |657 |.... |28 |100 |135 | |1854 |756 |879 |.... |2,034 |60 |217 |268 |55 | |1855 |1,171 |883 |.... |1,144 |53 |152 |73 |31 | |1856 |2,210 |2,564 |.... |1,952 |47 |235 |180 |35 | |1857 |4,591 |3,630 |.... |3,680 |133 |195 |453 |31 | |1858 |7,978 |3,594 |.... |5,070 |179 |75 |490 |203 | |1859 |21,306 |10,953 |.... |10,280 |921 |213 |1,788 |747 | |1860 |25,102 |13,000(a)|.... |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) | | |1861 |18,556 |16,000(a)|.... |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) | |1862 |28,202 |18,396 |.... |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) | |1863 |29,778 |.... |20,030 |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) | |1864 |40,062 |.... |23,632 |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) | |1865 |39,157 |.... |26,340 |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) | |1866 |50,132 |.... |30,960 |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) |(b) | +-----+--------+---------+---------+---------+------+-------+-------+--------+