Sketch of the Rittenhouse Paper Mill, 1863.

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Sketch of the Rittenhouse Paper Mill, 1863.

Historical sketch of the early manufacture of paper in America, particularly of the Rittenhouse Paper Mill, the earliest in the British colonies in America, erected in Roxborough, Philadelphia County, in 1690. This mill was founded by William Ryttenghuison a Dutch settler, who later changed the name to Rittenhouse. William Bradford and Samuel Carpenter figure in the narrative. The paper on which the sketch was written was made at the Rittenhouse mill before 1699.

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Rittenhouse Paper Mill.

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Jones, Horatio Gates

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In Crozer Locked Section. From the description of Horatio Gates Jones, Jr papers, 1845-1888. (New York State Historical Documents). WorldCat record id: 155448392 ...

Rittenhouse, William, 1644-1708

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Bradford, William, 1663-1752

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Government and commercial printer from New York, N.Y. Inscription on tombstone gives 1660 as his date of birth. From the description of William Bradford papers, 1710-1752. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 70980286 First printer in New York and Philadelphia. From the description of ALS, 1726 June 28, New York, N.Y., to Col. Richard Floyd, Brookhaven, N.Y. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122633483 ...

Carpenter, Samuel, 1649-1714

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