collection of the Bostonian Society; and a third is owned by a 

 private collector. 



There is no record of a maker of scientific instruments or clocks 

 by the name of Dupee, although the name John Dupee occurs in 

 the city records of Boston during the early decades of the 18th 

 century. An advertisement in the February 9, 1761, issue of 

 The Boston Gazette states that 



Isaac Dupee, Carver, Advertises his Customers and others, that since the 

 late Fire (on Dock Square) he has opened a shop the North side of the Swing- 

 Bridge, opposite to Thomas Tyler s, Esq.; where Business will be carried on 

 as usual with Fidelity and Dispatch. 



The natural assumption would be that the three instruments 

 were produced in Isaac Dupee's shop after 1761, perhaps by the 

 carver's son. The use of an engraved compass card indicates that 

 the instruments were not unique, and that a number of others were 

 produced or contemplated. On the other hand, it is likely that 

 the maker produced other types of instruments utilizing such a 

 card, such as mariner's compasses. 



Jere Clough 



Another instrument maker, presumably of Boston, is Jere Clough. 

 The only instrument bearing his name known at present is a sur- 

 veying compass (fig. 56), made of wood, in the Streeter Collection 

 of Weights and Measures at Yale University. Clough's name does 

 not appear on any of the lists of instrument makers or clockmakers, 

 yet it is a name that is fairly prevalent in Boston. In 1741, for 

 instance, one Joseph Clough of Boston was a maker of bellows. 



Figure 56. — Wooden instrument made by Jere Clough. In Streeter Collection of 

 Weights and Measures, Yale University. 



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