Today in history.
Contributors: Library of Congress. National Digital Library Program.
Publisher: Library of Congress
Published: 1999
Place of publication: Washington, DC
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Subjects: Howe, Elias, 1819-1867.; Sewing machines -- History.; Inventors -- United States.; Constitutions -- Vermont.
Other titles: July 9
Description: Features the history of the invention and inventors of sewing machines. Elias Howe, inventor of the sewing machine, was born in Spencer, Massachusetts on July 9, 1819. Also, on July 9, 1793, Vermont completed revisions to its constitution, the first in the United States to prohibit slavery.
Notes: Includes bibliographies.
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Illustrated by digitized items from the American Memory historic collections compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.
Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Table of contents: title: Inventor of the sewing machine; title: A constituion for Vermont.