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book:i464.tall-case_clock [2014/10/04 12:12] – created jimsbook:i464.tall-case_clock [2018/02/18 12:41] (current) jims
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 [[i463.mohogany_desk|(<-- The First Mayor's "Mohogany Desk and Book Case")]] [[start|(Back to Start)]] [[i466.document_chest|(Document-Chest of the First Mayor -->)]] [[i463.mohogany_desk|(<-- The First Mayor's "Mohogany Desk and Book Case")]] [[start|(Back to Start)]] [[i466.document_chest|(Document-Chest of the First Mayor -->)]]
  
-{{tall_clock.jpg|The First Mayor's Tall-case Clock}}+====== The First Mayor's Tall-Case Clock ======
  
-**THE FIRST MAYOR'S TALL-CASE CLOCK** +| {{tall_clock.jpg|The First Mayor's Tall-case Clock}} | 
- +|  **THE FIRST MAYOR'S TALL-CASE CLOCK**  | 
-//"O, call back yesterday, Bid time return"//+|  //"O, call back yesterday, Bid time return"//  |
  
 This exceptionally elegant tall-case clock seems to have had a colorful career This exceptionally elegant tall-case clock seems to have had a colorful career
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 the City of Hartford as a memorial to their father. The clock has a brass the City of Hartford as a memorial to their father. The clock has a brass
 movement and was made by Captain Timothy Cheney (1731-1795) of Hartford, a well- movement and was made by Captain Timothy Cheney (1731-1795) of Hartford, a well-
-known clockmaker of his time. As reconditioned, it proved to he one of the+known clockmaker of his time. As reconditioned, it proved to be one of the
 finest examples of Connecticut clocks, both as to movement and case, and well finest examples of Connecticut clocks, both as to movement and case, and well
 worthy of its first owner. worthy of its first owner.
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