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Born August 19, 1785 • Connecticut
Died January 29, 1859 (aged 73) • Connecticut

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Off-centre pillar-and-scroll wooden clock by Seth Thomas, c. 1818, under license from Eli Terry; in the American Clock and Watch Museum, Bristol, Connecticut.
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Off-centre pillar-and-scroll wooden clock by Seth Thomas, c. 1818, under license from Eli Terry; in the American Clock and Watch Museum, Bristol, Connecticut.
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