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Show 14 PAPERMAKIN BY HAN IN AMERIC It fs fnscribed fn old county records that the first sheet of paper mad in the Western Pennsylvani millwas formed by Polly Given, acomely oung woman from Brownsville, a servant in the Sharpless household the principal vatman was Alexander Deyarmon, anadept papermak although regarded locallyasan eccentric relfgfous fanatic. Before themil ‘was producing salable paper the entire project-bufldings, water whee rag engines, vats, moulds, an felts-had cost six thousand dollars, twi® the sum orfginally thought essentfal. The addftional money, above t ‘was the largest market for the paper; Sharpless would load a weelds P duction ona two-horse wagon and drive to the town where he had problem fndispostngof thewriting and printing paper, the equal of 20 manufactured {n the East, and owing to the proximityto the mark could be sold ata lower price. During the heyday of the mill there w twent to twenty-fiv workers. Samuel Jacksonand Jonathan Sharpless continued the profitabl o had marrfed Sharpless'daughter, Betsey,assume papermaking establishment the managementof t2 Creek until 1832, at which time the business was taken over by ot whocontinued themakingof paperuntil the year 1842 when theent property wasdestroyed by fire The watermarks used on the latd moulds of the orfginal Jackson & Sharpless mill consiste of the name "R EDSTONE," i1 both romana italic lettering, in connection with the initfalsJ & $"alsoa devz'c'l‘ line, withtheJ &/ 1nftfals. Reproductfonsof the varfous watermat with full descriptfons, will be found on pages 143, 144, 145, and |