Robert Gilmour letter to William Young 1794 May 16

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Robert Gilmour letter to William Young 1794 May 16

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Delaware papermaker Robert Gilmour's handwritten and signed letter to Philadelphia printer William Young documents the birth of a Delaware paper mill in 1794.

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University of Delaware Library - Special Collections

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William Young & Co.

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Young, William, 1755-1829

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William Young was a Philadelphia bookseller and publisher who later established a paper mill at Rockland, New Castle County, Delaware. From the description of Family papers, 1745-1850 (inclusive), 1745, 1800-1850 (bulk). (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). WorldCat record id: 122441227 ...

Rockland Paper Mill.

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Gilmour, Robert

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Epithet: American loyalist merchant British Library Archives and Manuscripts Catalogue : Person : Description : ark:/81055/vdc_100000000625.0x00015a William Young (1755–1829), a bookseller, printer, and publisher moved from Philadelphia to Rockland, Delaware, where he opened a paper mill in the 1790s. William Young was born in 1755 in Scotland and briefly attended a Presbyterian seminary there before becoming a bookseller...