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| 1796 births | |
| 1859 deaths | |
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Hunt did not realize the significance of a good number of these when he invented them; today, many are widely-used products. He thought little of the safety pin, selling the patent for a paltry sum of $400 to a man whom he owed $15. He failed to patent his sewing machine at all, because he feared that it would create Unemployment . (This led to a court case some years later when the machine was re-invented by Elias Howe .) Like Howe, Hunt is buried in Green-Wood Cemetery in Brooklyn, New York . |
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