E.
Howard Clock Company:
This clock company was established in 1842. It had offices in
Boston, New York and Chicago. Edward
Howard started in business for himself in 1840. During the 1850s
he and a partner started making watches. At this time he moved to
Waltham, Mass. In 1857 Edward Howard returned to Roxbury and
started another factory known as the E. Howard Clock Company,
which is still in operation. One of Howard's apprentices was a
Joseph Eastman. Eastman started the business that is now the
Chelsea Clock Company in 1886.
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