[History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, by Chauncey Jerome]@TWC D-Link bookHistory of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, CHAPTER IV 2/13
He finally gave up making the Scroll Top and made my new kind altogether. Samuel Terry, a brother of Eli, came to Bristol about this time, and commenced making this kind of clock. Several others began to make them--Geo.
Mitchell and his brother in-law Rollin Atkins went into it, also Riley Whiting of Winsted.
The business increased very rapidly between 1827 and 1837.
During these ten years Jeromes and Barrow made more than any other company.
The two towns of Plymouth and Bristol grew and improved very rapidly; many new houses were built, and every thing looked prosperous. In 1831, a new church was built in Bristol, and, it is said, through the introduction of this Bronze Looking Glass Clock.
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