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WELCOME to our directory of compass makers.  Below is an alphabetic listing of compass makers of whom we have acquired a picture of their work as well as information regarding their location and the time period of their work or life.  By clicking on the maker's name you will be linked to thumbnail pictures of one or more of their compasses and any additional information about the maker as we are able to develop the data.  You will also notice a series of compasses identified as "unsigned."  If you can help with identification of these items, please email information to the Curator.  If you have a compass not listed here, you are invited to submit pictures (digital or photograph) and we will add it to the list.

Last updated January 5, 2008

 

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A. S. Aloe Co. -- St. Louis, Missouri   (1860- ? ) 
     
Amsler, C. T.  -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     
Andrews & Sons -- Buffalo, New York   (1848-1893)
     
F. Arnold & Co -- Chicago, Illinois
     
Avery, Wyllys  -- ?
     

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Bailey -- ?
     
Balch, Thomas H. -- Newburyport, Massachusetts  (1771-1871 Life)
     
Banks, Edward P. -- Portland, Maine   (1811-1892 Life)
     
Baringer & Sons -- St. Paul, Minnesota
     
L. Beckmann Co. -- Toledo, Ohio  (1874-1945)
     
C. L. Berger & Sons, Inc. -- Boston, Massachusetts  (1898 - ?)
     
Blakslee, Ziba  -- Newtown, Connecticut  (1768-1834)
     
Blattner, Jacob -- St. Louis, Missouri  (1840-1872)
     
Blattner & Adam -- St. Louis, Missouri  (1872-1891)
     
Blunt, E. & G. W. -- New York  (1811-1866)
     
Blunt & Co. -- New York  (1868-1872)
     
Blunt -- London
     
Blydenburg & Giles -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     
Boeringer & Klein -- St. Louis, Missouri
     
Bowles, Thomas S. -- Portsmouth, New Hampshire  (1785 - ? )
     
Brown, Edmund & Son -- New York  (1841-1863)
     
Browning, Samuel -- Boston, Massachusetts  (1803-1841)
     
Brunson -- Kansas City, Missouri
     
Burt, J. & W. -- Detroit, Michigan (1856-1857)

  

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Cary -- ?
     
Casartelli -- ?
     
Chandlee, Benjamin III --

Winchester, Virginia   (1780-1822 Life)

Baltimore, Maryland

     
Chandlee, Goldsmith -- Stephensburg, Virginia   (1751-1821 Life)

Winchester, Virginia 

     
Chandlee, Isaac -- Nottingham, Maryland  (1760-1813 Life)
     
Chickering, Nathaniel -- Dover, Massachusetts  (1750-1837 Life)
     
Clark, William & Son -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1839-1843)
     
Colton, Levi --

New York    (1803-1885 Life)

Hartford, Connecticut   (1854)

     
Crow, George -- Wilmington Delaware  ( ?  - 1771 Life)

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Davenport, Anthony -- Portland, Maine
     
Davenport, S. & James. M. -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1830-1837)
     
Davenport, William -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1778-1829 Life)
     
Davis, W. C. -- New York  (1835-1879)
     
Davis & Son -- London & Derby
     
Dietzgen --

Chicago, Illinois

Delaware

     
Dod, Lebbeus --

Mendham, New Jersey

Newark, New Jersey

     
Dowling, Michael -- Newark, New Jersey
     
Draper, Edmund -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1805-1882 Life)
     
Duffield -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     
Dupee, John -- Boston, Massachusetts

 

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Eckel & Imhoff -- New York City (1875-1877)
     
Edwards, J. T. & E. M. -- Chicago, Illinois
     
Elliott Brothers -- London
     
Ewin, William -- Baltimore, Maryland  ( ? - 1886  Life)

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Farr, Joseph  --

Manlius Village, New York  (1775-1845  Life)

Pittsfield, New York

     
Foster, James -- Cincinnati, Ohio  (1814-1873  Life)
     
Foster, J. -- Toronto, Canada
     
Frye, Joseph -- Fryeburg, Maine  (1712-1794  Life)
     
Frye & Shaw -- New York City

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Gattey, Henry -- New York
     
Grant & Crosman -- Detroit, Michigan  (1858-1861)
     
Graves, George B. -- Winchester, Virginia (1792-1873  Life)
     
Graves, T. R.  -- ?
     
Green, James --

Baltimore, Maryland   (1835-1850)

New York   (1850-1889)

     
Greenough, Thomas -- Boston, Massachusetts
     
Gurley, W. & L. E. -- Troy, New York   (1845 - ? )

 

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Hagger, Benjamin K. --

Boston, Massachusetts (1769-1834 Life)

Baltimore, Maryland

     
Hagger, B. K. & Son -- Baltimore, Maryland  (1824-1838)
     
Ham, Anthony -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     
Hamlin, William -- London, England  (1789-1811)
     
Hanks -- ?
     
Hanks, Horatio -- New York  (1790-1838, Life)
     
Hanks, J. -- ?
     
Hanks, Oscar -- Troy, New York  (1810-1883, Life)
     
Harland, Thomas -- Norwich, Connecticut
     
Hart, William -- Portsmouth, New Hampshire  (1734-1812, Life)
     
Harttmann, Hugo -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     
Harttmann & Saxe  -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     
Heisely, Frederick --

Frederick, Maryland   (1759-1843 Life)

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania

     
Heisely, F. A. --

Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (until 1836)

Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania (1837-1875)

     
Heisely, George Jacob -- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1789-1880 Life)
     
Heisely & Son -- Harrisburg, Pennsylvania (1811)
     
Helffricht, Charles -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1816-1863 Life)
     
Helffricht, William -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1807-1876 Life)
     
Hernstein & Prince -- St. Louis, Missouri 
     
Hobby, Jonathan T. --

New York City   (1813-1883)

Hempstead Long Island, New York

     
Hogshead, Charles -- Spring Dale  (Prior to 1830)
     
Hoskin, Joseph -- Waltham, Massachusetts
     
Hougham, John S. -- Franklin, Indiana (1821-1894  Life)
     
Hunt, H. W. --

New York; Baltimore Maryland;  (1796 - ? Life )Washington D. C.

     
Hunter, H. W. -- New York
     

Hurtin, Christian

--

Goshen, New York  (1743-1830 Life)

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Jayne, John -- Salem, Massachusetts
     
Jones, John -- Baltimore, Maryland (1853-1860?)
     
Jones, W. & S. -- London, England

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Kendall, Thomas Jr. --

Millbury, Massachusetts

New Lebanon, New York

     
Kern, Samuel -- Strasburg, Virginia (1775-1850's Life ??)
     
Keuffel & Esser -- Hoboken, New Jersey (1867-1986)
     
King, C. G. -- Boston, Massachusetts  (1841-1858)
     
King, F. W. & R. -- Baltimore, Maryland  (1849-1875)
     
Knox & Shain  -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     
Kroedel, Franz -- New York (1834-1907 Life)
     
Kuebler & Seelhorst -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (1867-1875)
     
Kutz, Erasmus A. -- New York

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Lallie Instrument Co. -- Denver, Colorado (1888 - ?)
     
Lamb, Anthony -- New York   (1703-1784, Life)
     
Ledder & Probst -- Boston, Massachusetts  (1908-1923)
     
Leoni, G. -- New York (1841 - ?)
     
Leupold -- Portland, Oregon  (1875-1944 Life)
     
Leupold-Volpel & Co. -- Portland, Oregon (1907-1940)
     
Lewis, Ellis -- Rockingham County, Virginia
     
A. Lietz Co. -- San Francisco, California  (1882- ? )
     
Lincoln, Frederick W. Jr. -- Boston, Massachusetts  (1817-1898  Life)
     
Loring & Churchill -- Boston, Massachusetts  (1859-1860)
     
Lowell & Senter -- Portland, Maine  (1836-1870)
     
Lynch -- Dublin, Ireland  (1767-1846)

 

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Mahn & Co. -- St. Louis, Missouri
     
Megarey, Alexander -- New York   (1827-1850)
     
Meister, Edward  -- Baltimore, Maryland  (1853-1931 Life)
     
Meneely & Oothout -- West Troy, New York   (1836-1838)
     
Merrill & Davis -- New York   (1835-1837)
     
Messer -- London
     
Michael, Lewis -- Somerset, York
     
Morton & Co. -- Edinborough

 

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Newell & Son -- Boston, Massachusetts 
     

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Oakes, John 

-- New York City, New York  (1818-1910 Life) 
     

 

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Patten, Richard --

New York    (1813-1840)

Washington  (1841-1846) & (1862-1865)

Baltimore     (1849-1860)

     
Pearson, Henry S. -- Portland, Maine (1789-1878  Life)
     
Peck, Zehra -- Newtown, Connecticut  (1782-1858 Life)
     
Phelps, Jonas H. -- Troy, New York  (1809-1865  Life)
     
Phelps, Samuel -- Grafton, Vermont
     
Phelps & Gurley -- Troy, New York  (1845-1851)
     
Pike, Benjamin & Sons -- New York   (1841-1867)
     
Pike, Benjamin Jr. -- New York City  (1809-1864, Life)
     
Platt, Augustus -- Columbus, Ohio (1793-1886, Life)
     
Platt, Benjamin --

New Milford, Connecticut  (1757-1833)

Columbus, Ohio

     
Pool, H. M. -- Easton, Massachusetts (1803-1878, Life)
     
Pool, J. & Co. -- Easton, Massachusetts
     
Potts, W. L. -- Bucks County, Pennsylvania
     
Prentice, James -- New York    (1812-1888  Life)

 

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Queen, James W. -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1815- ? ) 
     

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Randolph, T. F. -- Cincinnati, Ohio   (1853-1941)
     
Reed, James & Co. -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  (1847-1878)
     
Rittenhouse -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
     
Rittenhouse, Benjamin -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1740-1825 Life)
     
Rittenhouse, David -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1732-1796 Life)
     
Ritthenhouse & Potts -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1796-1798)
     
Rittenhouse & Evans -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (late 1700s-early 1800s)
     
Rittenhouse & Shower -- ?
     
Roach, John -- San Francisco, California  (1858-1891)
     
Roach & Warner -- New York

 

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Sawyer & Hobby -- New York   (1840-1854)
     
Saxe, Charles A.  -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1825-1898 Life)
     
Simpson, Jonathan -- Bardstown, Kentucky  (1787-1863 Life)
     
Sloane, F. J. & Co. -- Baltimore, Maryland
     
Small, John -- ?
     
Spencer & Company -- London
     
Stackpole & Brother -- New York    (1851-1863)
     
Stancliffe, Benjamin -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1782-1834 Life)
     
Stanley -- London
     
Stieren, William E. -- Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania  (1863-1888)
     
Storrs, Nathan -- Northampton, Massachusetts (1768-1839 Life)
     
S. Y. & Co. -- New York

 

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Temple, J. H. --

Boston, Massachusetts  (1812-1877  Life)

West Roxbury, Massachusetts

     
Tennent -- Pennsylvania (1822-19??  Life)
     
Thaxter, Samuel -- Boston, Massachusetts  (1796-1822)
     
Thaxter, Samuel & Son -- Boston, Massachusetts  (1822-1916)
     
Tiensch, Adolph --

Cincinnati, Ohio      (1820 - 1897 Life)

Louisville, Kentucky

Memphis, Tennessee 

     
Tiensch & Worch -- Louisville, Kentucky

 

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Unsigned #1 -- ?
     
Unsigned #2 -- ?
     
Unsigned #3 -- ?
     
Unsigned #4 -- ?
     
Unsigned #5 -- ?
     
Unsigned #6 -- ?
     
Unsigned #7 -- ?
     
Unsigned #8 -- ?
     
Unsigned #9 -- ?
     
Unsigned #10 -- ?
     
Unsigned #11 -- ?

 

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Volger, John -- Salem, North Carolina
     
 

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Wall, Thomas -- ?
     
Ware, Henry -- Cincinnati, Ohio  (1810-1885 Life)
     
Warren, Benjamin -- Plymouth, Massachusetts  (1740-1825)
     
Warren - Knight -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1912 - ?)
     
Watson, Thomas N. -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1824-1892  Life)
     
Welch -- Chicago, Illinois
     
Williams, H. G. -- Baltimore, Maryland
     
Whitcomb, J. -- Chicago, Illinois
     
Whitcomb, R. -- New Richmond, Ohio
     
Whitcomb, R. & Co. -- Cincinnati, Ohio 
     
White, Peregrine -- Woodstock, Connecticut  (1747-1834 Life)
     
Whitehouse, G. L. -- Farmington, New Hampshire  (1797-1887 Life)
     
Whitney, Thomas -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania  (1798-1823)
     
Wightman, Joseph M. -- Boston, Massachusetts
     
Wissler, Adolph -- St. Louis, Missouri   (1881-1929)
     
Wuger, Konrad -- St. Louis, Missouri   (1854-1860s)

 

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Young, William J. -- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania   (1825-1866)
     

 

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Zentmayer, Joseph -- ?
     

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