Wheeler contracted Wilson to produce 500 sewing machines for Wheeler's existing business in Watertown, Connecticut: Warren, Wheeler & Woodruff. Nathaniel Wheeler, who had previously met Wilson while on a business trip in 1849, met with Wilson again in August 1851. Using this money, Wilson acquired a patent for his sewing machine on November 12, 1850, which differed from existing models in that with each movement it inserted two stitches instead of one. By April 1, 1849, Wilson completed his prototype, which he sold for $200. By 1848, Wilson moved to Pittsfield, Massachusetts, and began creating drawings for a sewing machine, before eventually beginning construction one on February 8, 1849. ![]() Wilson traveled throughout the United States as a journeyman, and conceived the idea for a sewing machine in 1847, unaware that it had already been invented. ![]() Plant of the Wheeler & Wilson manufacturing company
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