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Show with Latin 1enmn hehypr (nififlh,accompanyx'ngthuV)rg(nfaArmxm he1746waterrginia w were taken from the paper used by Christopher Sowet f i printing th GermanBible, publishedinGermantown, Pmnsylvanu n1763.Itma be questioned why Virginta-made paper was used for bool printin ennsylvanis, where paper had been produced since 1691, The Virgin mill waxprubabl able tomanufa retureagreater quantity of paper tha could be consumed within the Colony and 1t was profit tableto ispos oithexurpluxrmmsmokherlocall([cs Aone vatmlll uld have bee of 1763 owever, ftismy opinion that thepaper was made in Virgfnfa probably a number of years prfor to the printing of this editfon of th Ge[mzntownfl(b e i5 00 record of the year the. Wmiamsburg Fepermillceaed op erattons, titrngmay beassume that Wlliam Parkscontinue the maln of paper fn the Virginia mill for at least f{ve years tnasmuc] Ehiss rags" notice appeared n his publication, "The Vi rginfa Almanack, Fo states the papermaking undertakingwas ... the first Ml of the K ind Willfam Parkxd:edflscaonthefmtdayoprrfl17X0whfle)oumey ing to his native England. His remains were carred to England on trading shipand tntesred fn Gorport, Hampshire. n the st Yoo lo County, Virgin fa,fenyymm}mwmha the paper mill was sold after by Willfam Hunter, the journeyman printer whohad worked for Park in his Willfamsburg printing shop. He also succeeded hs old assocfate Digitalimag © 2004 Marriott Library, University of Utah. All ights reserved |