1842 Greenoughs Patent Model of a Sewing Machine. Sewing Machine Patent ModelPatent No. 2,466, issued February 21, 1842John James Greenough of Washington, 1842, John Greenough received the first American patent for a sewing machine. Greenough’s patent model used a needle with two points and an eye in the middle.


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