Amasa Holcomb

Amasa Holcomb (1787 - 1875) was an American farmer, surveyor, civil engineer, businessman, and manufacturer of surveying instruments and telescopes.

Read more about Amasa Holcomb:  Early Life, Mid Life, Holcomb’s Telescopes, Smithsonian, Other Aspects of His Life

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    Days of plenty and years of peace;
    March of a strong land’s swift increase;
    Equal justice, right and law,
    Stately honor and reverend awe;
    —Henry Holcomb Bennett (1863–1924)