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Show X i, o B i ani B Q Y 179 }" 'OHN BRADFORD'S J‘"!hEdateeszpber 1, 178 "The Kentucke Gazette, appeate 3 noticeinserted b hMyen,mdmg "Lincoln, Augus(l),l787 The: bxcnhuheg M Lo nform thePublic thathe fs now engaged in erectinga Pa nog 2 and wasth papumanuf'\cturer\x'es v ‘Cedef(n(tely;(ztcxthn\/ isnowren; gxgedmcreumgaffip This fsa harmless appearfng statement that az umlou evers eptasauthentic, Exhaustive reseatch1reveal w: atxthautisunhkcl Jacob Myers bulta paper mill in [ucky,o Tuggpgper was made nhmthuStattgn r to the year 1793, Althoug alapge eIsarrived inKentucky from Philadelphfain1780, and becam Keng""" 2nd property owner, he apparently had no hand fn pfonee UCkypapelmaking‘norhaut een pumble totCc1nypape(mak %_Ventur inany other locality with which h Paper2rliestmentfo of aKentucky:papermllthztac(mllypmdu e and gqbPeared in‘"The Kentucky Gazette"tn the fssue of April 7, 1792 ifno <. CO" (reproduce on page 133), ) reads fn part: "The Subscriber a';‘férmxh ubl(c,(hnthc haveundertakenthebuxldfngapaperMil GmmxsFuum Mill, We for my..._"Th mill was erected f "Or¥ctown o what s now Soott and it was fn operatfonf Ma:wemuckyaneue,"info(mxus(hat "Crafg, Parkers &/ Co's. Pa tha (2€X05y s nowactually making paper,and w make podovbt bu e nthemune of this spring, we shall be abl to furnish this state f Paper,..." (pa Ex.,"""ncxwpmnmnflmpmnmKmmckyp\pumakmgmm Wel 48> anevergetic '\pl(stmmmerfmmVi infa who had don s bor himelf o Ron Othect™ anda store, p(lol to the establishmentof the paper mill. Th Partners in the enterprise, the Parkers, were probably Jamesan |
