The Project Gutenberg eBook, History of the American Clock Business for the Past Sixty Years, and Life of Chauncey Jerome, by Chauncey Jerome
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HISTORY
OF THE
American Clock Business
FOR THE PAST SIXTY YEARS,
AND
Life of CHAUNCEY JEROME,
WRITTEN BY HIMSELF.
BARNUM'S CONNECTION
WITH THE
YANKEE CLOCK BUSINESS.
New Haven: 1860
PREFACE.
CONTENTS.
AMERICAN CLOCK MAKING.
LIFE OF CHAUNCEY JEROME.
CHAPTER I.
EARLY DAYS.—LEAVING HOME.—BOUND OUT.—FARMING.—CARPENTER.—SOLDIER.—CLOCK MAKING.
CHAPTER II.
PROGRESS OF CLOCK MAKING.—IMPROVEMENTS BY ELI TERRY AND OTHERS.—SHELF CLOCK.
CHAPTER III.
PERSONAL HISTORY CONTINUED.—COMMENCING BUSINESS.—SALE TO A SOUTHERNER.—REMOVAL TO BRISTOL.—FIRST SERIOUS LOSS.
CHAPTER IV.
THE BRONZE LOOKING GLASS CLOCK.—CHURCH AT BRISTOL.—PANIC OF 1837.— CLOCKS AT THE SOUTH.—THE ONE DAY BRASS CLOCK.
CHAPTER V.
SUCCESS OF THE NEW INVENTION.—INTRODUCTION OF CLOCKS IN ENGLAND.—TERRY FAMILY, ETC.
CHAPTER VI.
OPERATIONS OF FRANK MERRILLS—A SAD HISTORY.—BUSINESS TROUBLES, ETC.
CHAPTER VII.
REMOVAL TO NEW HAVEN.—FACTORY AT BRISTOL DESTROYED BY FIRE.—OTHER TROUBLES, ETC.
CHAPTER VIII.
FURTHER IMPROVEMENTS IN CHEAP TIME-KEEPERS. —THE PROCESS OF CLOCK MAKING.—
CHAPTER IX.
THE NEW HAVEN CLOCK COMPANY, AND OTHER CLOCK MANUFACTURERS IN CONNECTICUT.
CHAPTER X.
BARNUM'S CONNECTION WITH THE JEROME CLOCK CO.—CAUSES AND RESULTS OF ITS FAILURE.
CHAPTER XI.
EFFECTS OF THE FAILURE ON MYSELF—REMOVAL TO WATERBURY AND ANSONIA—UNFORTUNATE BUSINESS CONNECTIONS.
CHAPTER XII.
MORE MISPLACED CONFIDENCE—ANOTHER UNFORTUNATE PARTNERSHIP.
CHAPTER XIII.
THE WOOSTER PLACE CHURCH.—GROWTH OF THE DIFFERENT DENOMINATIONS IN NEW HAVEN.
CHAPTER XIV.
NEW HAVEN AS A BUSINESS PLACE—GROWTH—EXTENSIVE MANUFACTORIES, ETC.
APPENDIX.
GENERAL DIRECTIONS FOR KEEPING CLOCKS IN ORDER.
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