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umbrellas and parasols manufactured was 18,600 ; these were 

 valued at $39,500. The number of hands employed was, males, 

 twenty ; females, fifty-three. 



The first clock of Hingham manufacture of which there is any 

 record was made by Dr. Josiah Leavitt. It was placed in the 

 attic story of the Old Meeting-House in 1772 or 1773, and the dial 

 appeared in the dormer-window facing the street, so that it was 

 visible to the public. Dr. Leavitt afterwards removed to Boston, 

 where he became somewhat noted as an organ-builder. 



Capt. Joseph Lovis was a clock and watch maker or repairer 

 and buckle-maker, on South Street, near where the Water-works 

 building stands. 



There is a clock at Hingham Centre which has in the back of 

 the case the following inscription : — 



This Clock was 



made IN 



180S. 



The running parts 



WERE MADE [iN F. BuRR 



& Go's Store] by 



Joseph Bayley. 



The case was made by 



Theodore Gushing, 



1808. 



The Joseph Bayley referred to was probably from Hanover, 

 where some of this family were well-known clock-makers. Sev- 

 eral of the tall, old-fashioned timekeepers made by John and Cal- 

 vin Bailey, with a full-moon or swinging ship on the face, are still 

 seen in the dwellings of some of the older families in Hingham. 



Joshua Wilder (known as Quaker Wilder) manufactured and 

 repaired clocks, timepieces, and watches for many years on Main 

 Street, near Wilder's Bridge, South Hingham. He was suc- 

 ceeded by his son Ezra. Reuben Tower was also in the same 

 line of business on Main, near High Street. There are several 

 repairers of clocks and watches in Hingham at the present time, 

 but none that manufacture. 



Loring Bailey, a native of Hull, came to Hingham about 1780 

 or soon after, and located as a silversmith and buckle-maker at 

 " Broad Bridge." The silverware, spoons, etc., which he manu- 

 factured had his name stamped upon them. He died in Hingham, 

 Jan. 3, 1814, aged seventy-four years. Among his apprentices 

 were Caleb Gill, Leavitt Gill, and Samuel Norton, both of whom 

 were clock and watch repairers, as well as silversmiths. The 

 Messrs. Gill established their business on South Street, at the 

 west part of the town. Mr. Norton's shop was on the rising 

 ground, about where the middle of the road is now, in front of 

 the Derby Academy. Elijah Lincoln, who served an apprentice- 

 ship in Boston at the trade of silversmith, returned to Hingham 



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