Sellers, George Escol
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George Escol Sellers was an engineer and inventor.
From the description of Papers, 1829-1898. (American Philosophical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 122632817
George Escol Sellers, the grandson of Charles Willson Peale, was a mechanical engineer.
From the guide to the George Escol Sellers biography, n.d., (American Philosophical Society)
A descendant of Charles Willson Peale and the paper-maker Nathan Sellers, George Escol Sellers (1808-1899) was a mechanic and inventor who spent much of his life in the paper-making trade. Born and raised in Philadelphia, he also lived in Upper Darby Township, Pa., Cincinnati, southern Illinois, and Chattanooga.
From the guide to the George Escol Sellers papers, 1829-1898, 1829-1898, (American Philosophical Society)
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Subjects:
- American Revolution
- Business and Skilled Trades
- Chemistry
- Engineering
- Geology
- Military history
- Literature, Arts, and Culture
- Locomotives
- Marriage and Family Life
- Panama Railroad
- Paper industry
- Papermaking
- Papermaking
- Philadelphia History
- Printing and Publishing
- Quakers
- Quakers
- Railroads
- Smithsonian Publications
- Social life and customs
- Technology
- Wiredrawing
- Wire industry
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- Chattanooga (Tenn.) (as recorded)
- Pennsylvania (as recorded)
- Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)
- Chattanooga (Tenn.) (as recorded)
- Pennsylvania (as recorded)
