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Ayars, Contributions to the Art of Music in America by the Music Industries of Boston (1937) — the Squier, Farley, Rettberg, Rockwell and Elias Howe matter, 1937
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11861—Grace Episcopal Church, Providence, R. I.,
216 bells, aggregate weight 17,429 pounds.
3The pamphlet published by William Blake & Co.
4in 1876 contained sixty odd testimonials from satisfied customers for whom single bells had been cast by Henry N. Hooper & Co. These included points as far distant as St. Paul's Church, Louisville, Kentucky, 1844; First Baptist Church, Macon, Georgia; and also bells for Manchester, New Hampshire, City Hall, 1845, (3013 pounds); and Lawrence City Hall, 1849, (3446 pounds).
5The largest single bell cast by this company for round ringing was for the Androscoggin Mills, Lewiston, Maine, 10,233 lbs. in 1861.
6Their largest bell of all
7was for the Corporation of New York City for a fire bell, the largest at that time in the United States, aggregating some 21,612 lbs.
8Wm. Blake & Co.
91868—First Parish Church, [address hidden], Charlestown 14—
10The "Harris Chime," gift of Miss Charlotte Harris, consisting of 16 bells, the largest "D" weighing 3267 pounds, the smallest "A" 129, aggregate weight 14,864, and costing about $7,000.
111869—Tower of Trinity Church, Haverhill 15—
12the sixth chime in Massachusetts, consisting of 11 bells, the largest "G" 1393 pounds, the smallest "G" 186 pounds, total weight 5095.
131871—Memorial Church, Amherst 16—
14seventh chime in Massachusetts, consisting of 9 bells aggregating 8287 pounds key of E. On one bell is the inscription "1871 These bells are placed here by George Howe of Boston, and are to be made to chime on all suitable occasions in commemoration of the brave patriots connected with Amherst College, who lost their lives in the war against the Great Rebellion of 1861."
151873—Grace Church, Medford 17—
16eighth chime in Massachusetts, consisting of 9 bells, largest 1400 pounds, smallest 200, aggregate weight 5025 pounds, costing $2600 of which $600 was appropriated by the town. "G" was the Town of Medford Bell. The others had interesting names like Rector's Bell, Marriage Bell, Holy Communion, Holy Baptism, Burial, Children's, Christmas and Easter.
1814 New England Historical and Genealogical Register. "Early Bells of Massachusetts" by Elbridge H. Goss of Melrose, Vol. 28 p. 178.
1915 Ibid p. 284.
2016 Ibid p. 288.
2117 Ibid p. 184.
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