Thomas Stretch (January 30 1697 – October 17 1765) was an American clockmaker and a founder and first Governor of the Colony in Schuylkill later known as The State in Schuylkill or Schuylkill Fishing Company. In 1753 he erected the first clock at Independence Hall in Philadelphia a large clock dial and masonry clock case at the west end of the structure.
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