In 1712, in November, appeared in the News Letter the advertisement of a man who performed all sorts of New Clocks and Watch works, viz: 30 hour Clocks, Week Clocks, Month Clocks, Spring Table Clocks, Chime Clocks, quarter Clocks, quarter Chime Clocks, Church Clocks, Terret Clocks; and on April 16, 1716, this notice appeared: Lately come from London.
"Customs and Fashions in Old New England"
Alice Morse Earle
Only one side of the shafts was supported by the harness, and we did not stop to fasten the hold-back straps, nor to put the lines through the Terret, nor tie the hitching strap.
"Twenty Years of Hus'ling"
J. P. Johnston