Sellers, George Escol

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Dates:
Birth 1808-11-26
Death 1899-01-01

Biographical notes:

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
  • Papermaking
  • Quakers

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Places:

  • Chattanooga (Tenn.) (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania--Philadelphia (as recorded)
  • Chattanooga (Tenn.) (as recorded)
  • Pennsylvania (as recorded)