Table of Contents

Contents: Foreword, Acknowledgments, Introduction Chapter 1 - Time and Telling Time in Early Philadelphia Chapter 2 - Peter Stretch and Family Chapter 3 - Stretch Clocks and the Philadelphia Clockmaking Community before 1750 Catalogue: Peter Stretch Clocks, Nos. 1 - 62; Thomas Stretch Clocks, Nos. 63 - 78; William Stretch Clocks, Nos. 79 - 84 Appendix 1 - Peter Stretch Will and Inventory Appendix 2 - Thomas Stretch Will and Inventory Appendix 3 - Samuel Stretch Will and Inventory Appendix 4 - Clock Owners in Philadelphia, 1684 - 1750 Appendix 5 - Stretch Signature Plates: A Comparison Appendix 6 - Stretch Clocks: A Comparison Appendix 7 - Identified Stretch Clocks Appendix 8 - Genealogy Endnotes, Bibliography, Index

About the Author

Donald L. Fennimore, Curator Emeritus, served as metalwork specialist at