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Early paper in Massachusetts was, as was common in Europe, made from cotton and linen rags. [1] As the 18th century progressed, the demand for printed books was increasingly met by local printers, so the demand for paper increased and rags became scarce. [1] One paper manufacturer in Massachusetts even issued paper with a "Save Rags' watermark. [1]
After some years of saving money he managed to start up his own paper mill in 1729 [247] Through the efforts of Daniel Henchman, the first paper mill to appear north of New Jersey was in 1729 at Milton on the Neponset River. [248] [249] The shortage still worsened, however, in the years approaching the American Revolution, and became serious ...
Finch Paper LLC (Finch, Pruyn Company) is an American paper manufacturing corporation, operating in Glens Falls, New York, for 150 years. [25] [26] [27] In Mechanicville, New York, Westvaco Corporation's MeadWestvaco 6 paper machines ran non-stop to feed the printing presses of the nation's leading publishers. After WWII the Westvaco plant was ...
Milford Mills was one of several farming villages that were settled in Upper Uwchlan Township by Welsh, Scots-Irish and English during the first quarter of the eighteenth century. [1] Like nearby Lyndell and Dorlan , Milford Mills grew during the nineteenth century as paper and textile manufacturing flourished.
A well-preserved example of the inexpensive dwellings built by speculators for sale to woolen mill workers, a 1 + 1 ⁄ 2-story gable-roofed worker's cottage in the Arlington Mills Historic District, 18: House at 136 Hampstead Street: House at 136 Hampstead Street: June 20, 1984 : 136 Hampstead St.
The site has a known, if poorly documented, history dating back to the 18th century. A water privilege (right to divert water or dam the river) was granted in 1750, and a grist mill was known to be operating on the site in the late 19th century. A new dam was built on the site in 1795, and the first textile mill was built on the site in 1863 ...
The Roslyn Grist Mill, located along Old Northern Boulevard in Roslyn, New York, United States, has a long history dating back to the early 18th century. John Robeson built the original gristmill on the site during the first decade of the 18th century. Robeson later sold the mill to Jeremiah Williams.
Thomas Willcox (1689 - 1779) was a colonial-era paper mill owner in Concord Township, Delaware County, Pennsylvania, United States.The Ivy Mills supplied paper used for currency for the Continental and United States governments as well as many South American governments.