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Show PAPERMAKIN BY HAN IN AMERIC 9 Hugh Gatne,a printer of New York like other early publishersof th American colones, was so pressed for printing paper that he was forco {Oestablish paper mill tosupply his needs, In the October 11, 1773, fssu s weekly demand for the expertly made paper. Hugh Gatne assumed the dutfe #Onderdonl's New York agent tn selling the paper; Henry Remsen riginal undertaking, did not engage actively fn 0y branch of the project The Long Island paper mill prospered and Hendrick Onderdonk beame wealthy and in?lucn!ial‘ living in a correspondingly handsom iYle. Whenever anotable personage vistted the little community, th e of the master of the paper mill was invarfably selected as the sea Ofentertatnment. On the morning of April 24, 1790, word hurrfedl Eme to the village, and to the Onderdonk homestead in particular, tha < Presidentof the United Stateswas travelling through the fsland, an beoul Hef m, stop with the paper mill proprietor ifor breakfast, Whe th Digitalimag © 2004 Marriott Library, University of Utah. All ights reserved |
