The clock case was probably made by cabinetmaker Robert Stewart of the William E. Stewart family. The clock works and face were supplied by David Mathewson, a Natchez jeweler and watch maker, who added his name, “D. Mathewson” and “Natchez” to the clock face. He likely imported the clock works and face from England. Stewart arrived in Natchez about 1817 and opened his own cabinet shop in 1818. David Mathewson opened his business in 1818 and died in 1823. However, the clock most likely dates between 1818 and 1821, when Mathewson’s store merchandise was sold at a sheriff’s sale to satisfy debt. His financial difficulties are also documented in a letter written by John James Audubon, who related that he had sketched a good portrait of a Mr. Mathewson but he had “absented” without paying. Two remarkably similar clocks in Natchez also have the face inscriptions “Natchez” and “D. Mathewson” and are located at Stanton Hall and the House on Ellicott’s Hill. Each face differs in decorative detail, but the construction details indicate a single cabinetmaker. In 1824, Robert Stewart made four clock cases for jeweler and silversmith Thomas Coit. The “D. Mathewson” clock cases may be unsigned, because they were ordered by Mathewson for sale in his store. Masonic symbols decorate the face of the Ellicott’s Hill clock and further strengthen the Stewart attribution. The clock was once owned by the Grand Lodge of Mississippi, and both Stewart and Mathewson were members.