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Show PAPERMAKING BY HAND IN AMERIC 18 states 15 expertly formed and fintshed, showin a degree of excellenc that could only have beenachfeved by careful, highly skilled workers Lyt lthough it haslong been considered that the two paper mills of th ittle Miami Valley held second and third places in the chronologica itch o ly contemporary record supportin the assumptionthat the tw brothers actually engaged in mak.‘rg paper {n Ohfo, fsanadverM mentin "TheSupporter," published i arch 5 4, 1810, which reads in part: "Rag Tecting n have completed,a Paper Mill-Therefore wil §ie the highes price for Clean Linenand Cotton Rags, also Linsey an € Swingling tow of Flax" (page177). (The "linsey" mentioned was Mixed o oolcloth and thismaterfal, calle "linsey-woolsey, tlong with the swingling of flax, could have been used {n connectio With linen and cotton rags {n the makin of coarse paper.)The Pitche }'gpe ‘maling known as the"Good Hope Mill,"probably fro nei0cation Hoclin which s thought to have been fn Go sshipi Bort ty, near hern borde of Fafrffeld County d th s been recorded of the. Eltcher papermaking undertaking; no water 2tks haye been found thatcould be positivelyidentiffed asoriginatin tng & ifth paper mill 10 Ohfowas established fn Ross County, followDg‘J:‘e twomillsof the Little Miami Valley by only twoyears. In1812 my) b Samuel Delucennalngham, had been superfntendent ofa pape fy - The twoyounge brothers, determined tocontinu the papermakS raft, travelled west, while ther brother Samuel rematned fn th begy 1€ S00n gave up the paper bustness, entered politics and eventuall Heane the Secretar of the Ireasury {n the cabinetof President Jackson o 2ekiah and [satah Ingham were n the west seel dnga location for speermilland theabundant flowrof clearwatern K tnnikinnick Cree Pealed o them for their venture. These twoenergeticand persuasfv |
