Figure 1 14. — Pratt's second patent model, 

 March 3, 1857, probably a commercial machine. 

 (Smithsonian photo 48328-H.) 



Figures 114 and 115. — Pratt's patent and the Ladies 

 Companion sewing machine. The machines manufactured 

 under the patents of Samuel F. Pratt were first sold in 1857 

 and 1858 as Pratt's patent. These machines carry the Pratt 

 name and the patent dates "Feb. 3. 1857 Mar. 3;" the latter 

 is an 1857 patent date also. In 1859 the Pratt machine was 

 called the Ladies Companion and was so marked. It was 

 also marked with the 1857 patent dates, the date Feb- 

 ruary 16, 1858, and a serial number, and was stamped 

 "Boston, Mass." Manufacture was discontinued after a few 

 years. 



Figure 115. — Ladies Companion, 1859. (Photo cour- 

 tesy of The Henry Ford Museum and Greenfield Village, 

 Dearborn, Michigan.) 



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