A VERY SHORT HISTORY OF THE AMERICAN CLOCK Clockmaking in America started in Philadelphia, around 1702 when a British clockmaker, Peter Stretch emigrated there. Another craftsman, James Batterson, who arrived in Philadelphia in 1707, moving ...

"My Grandfathers clock was too big for the shelf, so it stood 90 years on the floor" - - - The opening line of the old song "My Grandfathers Clock" This line has always had ...