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)."