Figure 73.— Bartlett sewing machine. 1867. The Bartlet: machine was first manufactured in 

 1866 under the January 31. 1865, and October 10, 1865. patents of Joseph W. Bardett. The 

 machines were made by Goodspeed & Wyman for the Bartlett Co. and were so marked. The 

 inventor received another patent on April 7, 1868. and later machines cany this third date also. 

 Although the first few hundred machines did not bear the dates of patents held by the 

 ■Combination,'' before the end of the first year of production Bardett was paying royalties. 

 Hr continued to manufacture sewing machines until the early seventies when he converted 

 to the manufacturing of street lamps. 



Using serial numbers. Bardett's machines can be dated approximately as follows: 1 — 1000, 

 1866; 1001—3126, 1867; 3127—?. 1868. There is no record of serial numbers for the 

 succeeding years. 1 Smithsonian photo 45524 ( . 



Figure 74. — Bartram & Fanton sewing machine, 1867. These machines were first manu- 

 factured in 1867 under the patents of \V. B. Bartram. notably his patent of January 1, 1867. 

 Three machines were exhibited at The Eleventh Exhibition of the Massachusetts Charitable 

 Mechanics Association in 1869 where they were awarded a bronze medal. They were com- 

 pared favorably to the W'illcox & Gibbs machine (see fig. 39), which they resembled. 

 Bartram received additional patents in the early seventies and also manufactured lock-stitch 

 machines. 



Using serial numbers, machines may be approximately dated as follows: 1 — 2958, 1867; 

 2959—3958, 1868; 3959 — 1958. 1869; 4959—5958. 1870; 5959—6962, 1871; 6963—7961, 

 1872; 7962—8961, 1873: and 8962—9211, 1874. (Smithsonian photo P631" 



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