Elias Howe Company

This article is about the music publisher and his company. For the inventor of the sewing machine, see Elias Howe.
Elias Howe, Jr., published 1892 in "Boston of Today".

The Elias Howe Company was a 19th and early 20th century musical firm located in Boston, USA and founded by Elias Howe, Jr. (1820–1895).[1] His company was successful, selling more than a million copies of his music instruction books by 1892.[2] Howe was cousin to the inventor of the sewing machine and related to Julia Ward Howe, composer of The Battle Hymn of the Republic.[1]

  1. ^ a b Devellis, Robert. "Howe-Orme Cylinder-Top Mandolin, Elias Howe Company, Boston, Massachusetts, ca. 1900". Archived from the original on 15 May 2008. Retrieved 23 October 2016.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: bot: original URL status unknown (link)
  2. ^ Bacon, Edwin M., ed. (1892). Boston of To-day: A Glance at Its History and Characteristics. With Biographical Sketches and Portraits of Many of Its Professional and Business Men. Boston, Massachusetts: Post Publishing Company. pp. 265-266. musician's companion howe.