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mill closings due to the panic of , he moved to cambridge, massachusetts , to work as a mechanic with carding machinery, apprenticing along with his cousin nathaniel p. banks . beginning in , he apprenticed in the shop of ari davis, a master mechanic in cambridge who specialized in the manufacture and
repair of chronometers and other precision instruments. [ ] it was in the employ of davis that howe seized upon the idea of the sewing machine. he married elizabeth jennings ames, daughter of simon ames and jane b. ames, on march , , in cambridge. [ ] they had three children: jane robinson howe ( –...
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