Nashville union and American. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1853-1862, 1858-05-23
srv,,,ry Hersr. Nav %. 1858.

sEwAyEJ HOUSE, May p, 1858.
To the Nashril!s Seeing Machine CO.-Other'Oiss-
R. L. BrOet0ay:
SIR have noticed your communication, headed
advertisement" in the Union and American Of
this date, and infer thereby, that you are retailing
high priced Sewing Machine, and evidently wish
to increase your sales by thus publicly advertising
mine for which favor discriminating public, mot
the Dear public) will be sure to be as much
obligei as myself The insiuRatiOn expressed in
YOUR Advertisement" that are here to deceive
the public, BY disposing Of that which We have no
right, is simply absurd this can easily be de-
termined, by referring to the Nettleton Raymond
Patent granted, April IA, 1857, investigation
YOU or any one else would be apt to make, in the
event O. purchase Of the right to sell our Ma
chimes. We repeat, we have no Machines at retail,
but we manufacture largely at wholesale, not an IN
common thing we believe. We also take great plea
sure in invitin6 the public, well as yourself, to
call and Judge Of the merits of our Machine which
merit it's presumed you will not dispute, as you
say it takes the stitch as yours, which We ad
NIT, adding, however, that ours is more sure ant
reliable than thon yours.
By assuring yourself the above points, you
may learn haw suddenly the public are to be bene-
fitted, but not unexpectedly TO yourself wide, E"
your letter Of application to Johnson GOodall,
September s. 1851 soliciting the privilege Of vend
lug IN Nashville our wonderful low price machine,
possessing as many wonderful qualities"
In answer to your repetition Of questions, for the
benefit Of the public, beg leave to reply, namely
LIST. We have a legal right to dispose of the Pa.
tent. issued in the United States to Nettleton 6
Raymond, April "A, 1858.
ID. as we do not use the rouge and surface ed,
YOUR second nterogatOry does not apply to u.s. with
regard to the stitch, please notice below
Sd. We can and have been giving for year past
a most satisfactory guarantee, and have never be-
re had it questioned that our Patent infrnged on
- pa, one much less Elias How, Jr,, "a prince Of q
whssTlOw by the way and neighbOr Of ours.
rem 4h The stitch is the same but much better taken
than the Grover, but compounded an entire diff
ferent principle, no patent ever having been grant
ed 10 Grover, nor any one else upon the stitch, but
upon the mode end Of taking the stitch, which
may be taken in differ ent ways, by different inven-
tors, without one infringing upon the other.
5th 1 am therefore not aware Of the issuance to
Grover in 1857, " at any other period Of patent
GuCn 0s NetGAlNrs anu II EuCA patent 4aN oSSA
issued, it could not be sustained for one moment
but an aware that so far back as December q
1874, Letters Patent were granted in England to
John Fisher and James Gibbins for precisely the
came principle and device used for making the Sc
called 4" compound loop stitch" as made by the
Machines sold by you, thus showing OOnclusively
that your patent is worthless, because the principle
is an old one
Trusting that though comparative stranger il
Nashville, yet I an entitled to the protection Of my
private character, and my business, which believe
is fully endorsed by several Of your most prominent
fellow citizeos, to whom have the honor to hold
letters Of introduction will conclude by stating
that my time is too much occupied with my business
70 allow Of my answering 20 many such ''squibs" il
the newspaper but if you will do me the honor o
aPersOnal interview, will enlighten you still NOR
in the art and history Of the Sewing Mschiue.
Yours, Very Truly,
A. W. GooDELL.