The Davistown Museum
Center for the Study of Early Tools
Scattered throughout The Davistown Museum are tools by important manufacturers who are also the subject of
information files compiled by the museum. This is a listing of our holdings for:
Simon Willard Group

Status Location
Historic Maritime II (1720-1800): The Second Colonial Dominion & the Early Republic
Domestic Utensils
51201T8 Document box bio photo BDTM MH
Brass, hide, wood, and iron, 12" long, 6 1/4" wide, unsigned, c. 1785 - 1800.
This domed hide document box was converted to a small tool box by Benjamin Willard or his sons and then used as a toolbox to hold the
assorted tools and woodenware listed in the Simon Willard Group.
Historic Maritime III (1800-1840): Boomtown Years & the Dawn of the Industrial
Revolution
Blacksmith, Farrier, and Metalworking Tools
51201T12 File bio photo DTM MH
Steel, 10 1/2" long, signed "P S Stubs".
This file is from the Simon Willard toolbox.
Measuring Tools
51201T9 Screw clamp bio photo DTM MH
Wood, 3 7/8" wide with 5" long wooden screws, signed with the mark "5".
This clamp is from the Simon Willard toolbox.
Miscellaneous Tools
51201T14 Lot of 21 tools bio photo DTM MH
Steel or wood, unsigned.
Eight steel tools (files, punches) and 13 wood items (handles, shims, and three wood balls used for measuring diameters). These are all
from the Simon Willard toolbox.
51201T13 Stroup bio photo DTM MH
Leather and wood, 10 5/8" long, 1 5/16" wide, unsigned.
A stroup is used for keeping a fine edge on gouges by removing burrs.
Woodworking: Edge Tools - Imported Cast Steel
51201T11 Gouge bio photo DTM MH
Cast steel and wood, 10 1/4" long, 5 7/8" wooden handle, signed "J. CAM".
This gouge is from the Simon Willard toolbox.
51201T10 Gouge bio photo DTM MH
Cast steel and wood, 9 1/2" long with 5 1/2" wood handle, 13/64" wide gouge, signed "Butcher".
This gouge is from the Simon Willard toolbox.

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