Clock case drawing with dimensions, part of framed assembly of 4 pc. Wooden frame, matted. Small paper envelope with side detached, letter under, larger plan mounted to the right. Three pieces pertain to a letter written to Aaron Willard by Joseph Leland, concerning a matter of a house frame being built for Aaron Willard.

Dimensions of Small Regulator case. Drawing of a case with numbers and noted. Signed S. H. & D. This could refer to Stephenson Howard & Davis of Boston, clockmakers who had been making balances and clocks in Hingham until 1847. They also advertised Astronomical clocks and regulators. It is unknown how this drawing related to the Aaron Willard correspondence but proves that American clockmakers were interested in each others’ work and watched any innovations closely.

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Dimensions of small | Sized Regulator case | Size of head 11 inches outside | Depth of head 2 5/8 inside | The circle of wood, to project over | the head 1/2 an in. on a side | and to be 1 in. thick and 1 3/8 wide | on the face, the | rabbit 3/8 deep | <5 ½ wide | outside> | From center of head to | center of bottom 2 (?) inches | <8 ½ wide outside>| <14 (crossed out in blue with 15 written above) inches | Depth of bottom 3 1/8 in | <(crossed out) 11 (in blue ink) inches> |(In blue ink) Length of case 3? 8?ft – 3 in | Banding for doors 1 ¼ wide, the grain to run
lengthways – Doors to have pannels venered(?) on
hard wood with an oval in the bottom one
2 by 3 – Doors & pannels to be varnished & polished
Back of case to be hard wood – S. H. & D.

Ht. 9 3/4” 1802.04.2