Charles Miller Howell cash book, scrapbook and other material, approximately 1835-1876.
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Charles Miller Howell was a marble manufacturer and businessman from 1843 until his death in 1903. He was born in Philadelphia on April 24, 1814 obtaining his education in local schools and at the Plainfield Academy in Connecticut. From 1828 to 1837 he served as an apprentice to a marble mason. He set up his own business in 1838 in Philadelphia without much success. In 1843 Howell relocated to Lancaster and began manufacturing marble. He was member of the Lancaster City Council for many years an...