Edward Duffield: artisan gentleman, 1963.

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Edward Duffield: artisan gentleman, 1963.

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This paper is a biographical sketch of Edward Duffield, an eighteenth-century Philadelphia clockmaker, who was a friend of Benjamin Franklin. Also included is a catalog of clocks made by Duffield, and photocopies of pictures of clocks.

1 v. (57 p.) : typed carbon.

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