EXHIBIT 5
                        LYNNE BARRY DOLAN
                         ATTORNEY AT LAW
                    2400 HOSPITAL TRUST TOWER
                 PROVIDENCE, RHODE ISLAND  02903

PHONE:  (401)421-3670
FAX:  (401)276-6611


                                        December 1, 1995

A.T. Cross Company
One Albion Road
Lincoln, Rhode Island  02865

               Re:  Registration Statement on Form S-8 -
Restricted Stock Plan

Dear A.T. Cross Company:

  I  have  acted as counsel to A.T. Cross Company, a Rhode Island
corporation (the "Company"), in connection with the filing by the
Company   of   a   Registration  Statement  on  Form   S-8   (the
"Registration  Statement")  with  the  Securities  and   Exchange
Commission  relating to 60,000 shares of the  Company's  Class  A
Common Stock, par value $1.00 per share (the "Common Stock"),  to
be  issued  pursuant to the A.T. Cross Company  Restricted  Stock
Plan (the "Plan").

  In  connection with this opinion, I have examined the Company's
Articles of Incorporation, as amended, the bylaws of the Company,
as  amended, the Registration Statement, corporate proceedings of
the Company relating to the issuance of the Class A Common Stock,
the  Plan  and  such other instruments and documents  as  I  have
deemed relevant under the circumstances.

     In  making  the  aforesaid examination, I have  assumed  the
genuineness  of  all  signatures and the conformity  to  original
documents   of  all  copies  furnished  to  me  as  original   or
photostatic  copies.   I  have also assumed  that  the  corporate
records  furnished  to  me by the Company include  all  corporate
proceedings regarding the issuance of the Common Stock  taken  by
the Company to date.

     Based upon and subject to the foregoing, I am of the opinion
that the Common Stock which may be issued under the Plan has been
duly authorized, and when issued in accordance with the terms  of
the Plan will be validly issued, fully paid and non-assessable.

     I  hereby  consent to the use of my opinion  as  herein  set
forth  as an exhibit to the Registration Statement.  This opinion
is rendered to you in connection with the Registration Statement,
and except as consented to in the preceding sentence, may not  be
relied upon or furnished to any other person in any context.   In
giving such consent, I do not thereby admit that I am within  the
category of persons whose consent is required under Section 7  of
the  Securities Act of 1933 or the rules and regulations  of  the
Securities and Exchange Commission thereunder.

                                  Very truly yours,

                                          /s/ Lynne Barry Dolan
                                
                                
                                
                                
                                
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