Grandfather's clock

The clock belonged to Harford and Lucy Morse.

Scratched on front plate of the works:

   Cleaned by E [?] Taber
   19 March [?] 1822

   Ditto June 2 1840

   Ditto 22 April 1844 [7? 9?]

Scratched on back plate:

   Cleaned by E. Taber June 30 1826

   Cleaned by E. Taber June 12 1829 [?]

   Cleaned by [illegible]
   & April 21 1867 & [illegible]

Written with pencil on back of door:

   Clock cleaned April 1867

   New string for weights
   March 1, 1871 - 3 yds.

   Time changed Nov 18 1883
     m    s
     15 - 44 1/2

   Cleaned Jan. 1895 and
   new string

   Cleaned Feb. 1898

   New string Aug. 15 1902

From "The Clock Book" by Wallace Nutting, 1935: "Taber, Elnathan, Roxbury, Mass. (1784-1854). Native of New Bedford, of Quaker parentage, came to Roxbury at age of 16 or 19, served as apprentice to Simon Willard, and afterwards engaged in clockmaking on his own account. When Simon Willard retired [1839], Taber bought most of his tools and the good will of the business, his clocks being as good as Simon Willard's. He made clocks for Simon Willard, Jr., & Son (1838-54)."