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_Indexes_

Geographical Index to Companies listed in Appendix II

CONNECTICUT

Bridgeport
D. W. Clark, 67
Jerome B. Secor, 68
Goodbody Sewing Machine Co., 69
Howe Machine Co., 69
Secor Machine Co., 72
American Hand Sewing Machine Co., 72
Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Co., 74

Bristol
Nettleton & Raymond, 72
Watson & Wooster, 73

Danbury
Bartram & Fanton Mfg. Co., 66

Hartford
Morrison, Wilkinson & Co., 71
Weed Sewing Machine Co., 74

Meriden
Fosket and Savage, 68
Charles Parker Co., 72
Parker Sewing Machine Co., 72

Middletown
Victor Sewing Machine Co., 73

Norwich
Greenman and True Mfg. Co., 69

Waterbury
Waterbury Co., 73

West Meriden
Parkers, Snow, Brooks & Co., 70

DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA

Washington
Post Combination Sewing Machine Co., 72

ILLINOIS

Belleville
Thomas M. Cochrane Co., 71
J. H. Drew & Co., 71

Belvidere
June Mfg. Co., 70
National Sewing Machine Co., 71

Chicago
Chicago Sewing Machine Co., 67
Eldredge Sewing Machine Co., 68
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