Appendix 



SURVIVING WOODEN SURVEYING COMPASSES 



(Asterisk denotes information unavailable) 



Collection 



Preston R. Bassett 



Bucks County His- 

 torical Society 



Bostonian Society 



Dartmouth College 

 Museum 



Type of 

 wood 



Maple 

 Cherry 



Apple or 

 walnut 

 Walnut 



Length 

 Height of 

 Length Width of bars needle 



{in.) 



9 

 11 



12 



5 



J/4 



Maker and period 



* Unsigned (18th cen- 



tury) 



2% Thomas Greenough 

 of Boston (1710- 

 1785) 



4/4 John Dupee of Bos- 

 ton (after 1761) 



* Thomas S. Bowles of 



Portsmouth, N.H. 

 (c. 1765-1821) 



* Unsigned (18th cen- 



tury) 



* Unsigned (18th cen- 



tury) 



4 Thomas Greenough 



of Boston (1710- 

 1785) 



* Unsigned (18th cen- 



tury) 



5 Thomas Greenough 



of Boston (1710- 

 1785) 



* Charles Thacher 



(18th century) 



* Unsigned (18th cen- 



tury) 



* Thomas Greenough 



of Boston (1710- 

 1785) 



* Aaron Breed of Bos- 



ton (1791-1861) 

 4/8 Joseph Halsy of 



Boston (fl. 1697- 

 1762) 



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