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We do not wish to consume the time of the committee, hut are anxious 

 to have them understand all the points of superiority we claim for the 

 " World." It is emphatically the machine for this coast, and if we 

 receive such encouragement from your committee as we think we are 

 entitled to, i. e., the gold medal, it will be a great inducement for us to 

 make the effort to have the machine manufactured here, because it is so 

 peculiarly adapted to this coast where the dust and sand soon cut away 

 and wear out machines that are not protected by being completely cov- 

 ered in an almost water tight case, as is the "World." It seems to us 

 that we are entitled to the gold medal over all other competitors, for the 

 most useful, perfect, and complete machine yet made. It stands without 

 a rival. 



Your decision (if favorable, as we think it ought to be and will be), 

 may be the means of starting the manufacture of this kind of machinery 

 here, which ought to be done, we all know, and so add another interest 

 to our material prosperity on this coast. 



Yours respectfully, LINFOETH, KELLOGG & CO. 



STATEMENT OF WILLIAM SAWDON. 



To the Gold Medal Committee: 



I submit to you my claims for the gold medal, which I trust will meet 

 with attention and careful investigation. 



The Californian Sewing Machine is the first that ever was invented 

 on the Pacific Coast, and also the first ever manufactured in the State 

 of California. It is one of the cheapest and most durable. There is no 

 difficult movements in it, and is easily managed, and not liable to get out 

 of order, like others. It works easily, and with verj' little noise. It 

 will sew the finest muslin, or the strongest cloth or leather; and by a 

 simple arrangement the thread is passed from the spool to the needle 

 without having a hole to thread. It will do all the different kinds of 

 work, such as hemming, braiding, tucking, felling, etc., and is equal in 

 every respect to any imported machine. It is also an important item in 

 Californian manufacture. Thousands of dollars have been sent to the 

 East for machines which can be kept at home; besides, it will furnish 

 employment to molders, machinists, carpenters, etc. 



Those claims I submit for consideration, etc. 



Yours, respectfully, WM. SAWDOK 



STATEMENT OF EEEICK LUNDQUEST, OF GEASS VALLEY. 



To the Gold Medal Committee: 



The claims of the undersigned for award of the gold medal for the 

 watchmaking lathe are based on the following grounds: 



The machine is entirely new and different from any now in use, and 

 having for its design the enabling of watchmakers to constructor repair 

 any part of a watch, excepting the main and hair springs and dial, with- 



