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Show PAPERMAKIN BY HAN IN AMERIC 3 [x1] THOMAS AMIES, PHILADELPHIA. The "Dove Mil1 owned by Thomas Amies, was situated in Montgomery County, nea Philadelphfs, and was favourably known throughout the east. Thoma mies was at one ti nden of Iy Mills, Delaware County untflabouti an th Willco mill was Usin Gilpin mil in 1789 ving made the paper used f as twenty-sfx b approxfmately on Th e watermar n1767 mas Amies mill is best know printing John Binns' engraved facsimil thirtyches in size, and each rea weighe red and forty pounds; accordin to contempo Tary advertfsements the cost o the pape ne hundre and twent Ml paper label was the worlk of the celebrated English draughtsman John JasmesBarmalet (747-17i5) the engraving was done by DiE. Harmwm [xlt] PLATNER & SMITH, LEE, MASSACHUSETTS. Th €arlfest paper mill in the Berkshire County town of Lee waserected b Samuel Churc bor in 1812 in near-by Sandssffeld, and when he was eighteen years o age he travelle the few milestoLeeand becameaclerkinageneralstore By the year1834 he had saved sufficfentmoney toenable him to purchas an fnterest fnthe old "Turkey Mill,"at Tyringham, owned by Ingersol Urrfer printing shopand the Platneran Smith paper mill were bot Sstablished in 1834 and the label probabl had itsoriginabout thisdate |