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Show Alexander Parker, merchants of Lexington, The operatio of the pape mill-forming the sheets, exchangtng, dryiny , sizing and f{nshing-wa don who had venture scross the monataiee tao e Eer from the well established paper mills of Massachusett o w t Ider Craig nor the tradesmen Parker 3 were. skilled in the papermakin craft. Norecords remafn of th howorkedsn the Geortt town mill duing the early yearsapermakers of fts development, but specimens the paperattest that t was fabricate by skilled hands Ebenezer Stedman, who was bor i ed b man's delineation of his encounte merfcan papermaking that s in sharp contrast with th prosperousa with dire poverty@ lack of adequate papermaking equipment present a pfcture of plonfl |
