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Show 3 PAPERMAKIN until 1847. The verse relates to William Bradford and the Ritten house paper mill Here dwelta pnnur and I fin ‘That he can bothprint books and bind He wants not p\p‘r, iak, ot ki He's owner of a paper mill ‘The paper mill is And makes good paper frequently But the printer, as I do here tel Is gone into New York to dwel ‘doubt but he will lay up bag I he can get good store of rags Kind friend, when thy old shift is ren Let it to th' paper mill be sent Another work dealing shghdv with Pennsylvania papermakin appeared two years after John Holme's verse, or in 1698, with th title, 4n Historical and Geo, gt'a[!/utfll Account of the Province an Country of Pennsylvania. This was published in London, and th reference to "All sorts of very good paper are made i y fine German linen such as no perso nfqu vluy need be 1~ One of the rarest of plpum'lkmg items is a small octavo volume which was printed in Hamburg in 1699. The title-page reads Die Preiss-wiirdige Pappiermacher-Kunst, Oder: (;rum/[:(/x Beschreibung, Was fiir eine edle Kunst und theur es sey umb die hichst-nithige Pappiermacher. Kmm wie es au GOttes Wort und denen Historien, wie auch andern dienliche Griinden, mit der tiglichen Praxi und Erfahrung, cc. zu bewcisen "This little book has but o6 pages and no illustrations In 1609 a letter of pnpumakmg interest was written by Humphrey Wanley (1671-1726), to Samuel Pepys, the diarist. Wanle S manuseripts to Robert Harley, Earl ford. The letter i in regard to a collection of paper that Wanle Digital Imag © 2004 University of Utah. All rights reserved |