THAXTER, SAMUEL |
USA, 1769-1842, MIM NIM SIM |
wide range of navigating and surveying instruments that may be seen in many museums. |
probably apprenticed to William Williams whom he succeeded and whose niece or daughter, Mary, he married in 1792; took his son, Joseph Helyer Thaxter as a partner, 1822-35; worked alone, 1835-42, then took Samuel Thaxter Cushing, a grandson, into the firm; T.C. |
at the Head of Long Wharf (1792); 125 State Street (1796-1842); both in Boston, Mass. |
Smart 1; J.A. Bennett 2; Bedini 8; Coffeen I; USNM; D.J. Warner 8 and 10; RSW. |
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