Samuel Thaxter, 



MATHEMATICAL INSTRUMENT MAKER, 



D EfpettfuUy informs the Publick and 



^ his Ciiftomers, th.it he has removed tiOiH No. 1> 

 Long-Wharf, to No. 9, Butler' s-Ro^w — 



Inhere he has for Sale^ 



A very neat Sextant, and a large alTort- 



incnt o\Ha(J!ey\ Quidraiit*, Davi^' do, (eaiiooks, and Charts, 

 Scales, andDividcrs, gauging aiid furveyin^ lji(\ruirieius, pock.- 

 ©f CompalTcs, binnicle aud cabin CompufTej, Spy-GUdcs, a- 

 mong wliich are fome very neat pocket ones — all of which may 

 be had at the jowei^ price. 



N. B. Quadrants and CompafTes re- 

 paired, at fiiortnctice, (23w6w.) May22, 1793. 



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Figure 50. — Advertisement of Samuel Thaxter in The Columbia Centinel, May 22, 

 1793. Photo courtesy Harvard University Library. 



tion was in a brick dwelling, opposite Merchants Row, that was 

 owned by Joseph Clough, a housewright. 



In about 1825 Thaxter moved his business once more, to 125 

 State Street, the east corner of Broad Street. This building was 

 occupied by Charles Stimpson, Jr., a stationer who was one of the 

 publishers of the Boston Annual Advertiser^ which was annexed to 

 the Boston Directory of 1826. The building was owned by 

 Jonathan Phillips, the first mayor of Boston. In the cellar of the 

 building was a victualler named Augustus Adams. ^"^ 



The dominating feature of Thaxter's shop from the time it was 

 opened was the carved figure of "The Little Admiral," the trade 

 sign first used by Williams. 



The .firm of Samuel Thaxter eventually became Samuel Thaxter 

 & Son, and it continued with that name until past the middle of the 

 19th century. Samuel Thaxter died in April 1842 at the age of 

 72 years. The entry for the firm in the 1843 City Directory listed 

 S. T. Cushing as the new owner. From the initials, it seems likely 



^'^^ Proceedings of the Bostonian Society loc. cit. (footnote 103). 



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