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Show 9 OLD~PAPERMAKIN the mystic figure four, so much used at Ephrata We find numerous watermarks in the pape upon which early American books and newspapers were printed, but it is almost a hopeles task to classify the marks and state definitely jus Isaiah Thomas,1786 BRANDYWIN. Joshua Gilpin, 179 what mills produced them. Many papermalkin moulds were brought to this country from Europ and it is probable that many of them had watermark devices already attached. In thisway foreig markswere introduced into American-made paper e specimens reproduced on this page are representative of early American watermarks Digital image© 2004 Mariot Libary, Universty o Utah. Al right reservd |