Lancaster County Historical Society. In 1810-11 he made his only musical clock. It could play any one of ten tunes, strike the quarter hours as well as the hours, and repeat whenever wanted. This clock was completed in a little over five month's time and was sold for eighty pounds. Entries often specify

Gorgas. Joseph Gorgas (born 1770) was one of three sons of the famed early Lancaster County clockmaker, Jacob Gor- gas (1728-1798). With his brother Solomon (1764-1838), whose clocks are also quite rare, he continued the father's business after the father's death. Knowing that both D. F. Magee' and

Rudy Stoner, 1728-1769 Early Lancaster, Pennsylvania, Clockmaker By Stacy B. C. Wood, Jr. "In the mechanics' arts, this Place also produces many ingenuous workmen, some of which are deemed not inferior to any in the Province..." Catalogue of the Juliana Library c 1765 1 The heritage of Lancaster