MEGARY, ALEXANDER |
Ireland; England; USA, 1790-1850, MIM NIM SIM |
Wye Levels = D.(1976), Farmer's Museum, Cooperstown, N.Y., Western Reserve Historical Society, Cincinnati, Ohio, etc.; Surveyor's Compasses = P.C. (1965), P.C. (1958), Pugsley Coll., Butler County Historical Society, Hamilton, Ohio, etc.; Transit = U. of North Dakota, Grand Forks; Dry Card Compass = MYS; Plain Compass = D.(1993). |
apprenticed to William Morris in London before 1820; variant spellings are Megeary and Mageary; some of his instruments were probably bought, not made, by him. |
54 Grand (1825-27); 64 Lispenard (1827-28); 3 Thames (1828-29); 19 Pearl (1829-30); 196 Water (1830-31); 238 Water (1831-35); 190 Water (1835-43); all in New York, N.Y.; Brooklyn, N.Y. |
USNM; Smart 1; Warner 14; Crawforth 1; Garcelon 33, 34; RSW. |
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