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Show 8 PAPERMAKIN BY HAN IN' AMERIC year 1766. The only deviation from the bordered watermarls tha have found fs fn a sheet of writing paper bearing simply the crudel executed k-ucrx"NOR H," in conjunction wit thche ‘CL initial Thisunique Connecti it e ermarlc was foun fnasheet of paper upo wrhich Willtam Pitkin had witten pohtkalapyczl dated 1768 Abimeleck Uncas, a lAke grmsma Indi Cheistopher Leffingurells noticeelatve toan loping ndian Boy In "The Connecticut Gazette and the Universal Intellgencer, Septermber 29,1775, ssed by Timothy Greern New Lo n ot known when Christopher chfingweu retired from activ o the papesall b m Gt e Th cticut Gazette, 177 callmg i o, b eotdce o continuanceasan active citizen of the town of Norwich O T Journeyme Paper- Maker Alon TR R &i P R Anappeal for "Journeymen Paper-Malers...cttve Boys from 10 t 14, Years old." In "The Connecticut Gazette and the Universa Intelligencer," published in New London, April 11, 1777 In"The Connecticut Gz7cne"forApnl it17 7 there fsanadverti ment for "Journeymen Paper-Makers," but the name of Christophe Leffingwell fs noticeably absent. Fis name doe connectfonwith other Norwich commercal undertakings until th yesri7go;atter which time he evidently relied upon his children carryon his varfous mercantileactivitfes; he was married three timesan Il thieesontand nine daughters. ChristophetrLel'fmngllpassedon i Norwich on November 7, 1810, at the advanced age of seventy Digitalimag © 2004 Marriott Library, Universiy of Utah. All ights reserved |