| US Patent: 17,544 
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| Machine for pegging boots and shoes | 
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| Patentee: |  |
 | Benjamin F. Sturtevant (exact or similar names) - Boston, MA |  
 
 
 
 
| Manufacturer: |  | Not known to have been produced |  
 
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| Patent Dates: |  
| Granted: | Jun. 09, 1857 |  USPTO (New site tip)
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                        Jeff Joslin
 Vintage Machinery entry for B. F. Sturtevant
 
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| Description: |  | Chandler W. Jones's "Planers, Matchers & Molders in America" says this of Sturtevant: "In 1856, at the age of 23, with 20 cents in his pocket after paying his fare to Boston (from Maine) he successfully sought a backer for his invention. Soon he improved that machine after designing a means to make veneer strips which were fed through his peg-maker. This vastly increased production." |  |