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Show MARLBOROUGH NEW YORK, 1912-191 HEN Father returned from England late n1911, heexplore territoryn New York state for a suitable pfece of propert he could call his own, and finally purchased in the springo 1912,a 4o-acre farm near the small village of MarlboroughHewas thoroughlyconvinced that there wasnothingmor f‘f‘l:h(me(rhcmx East Auror or fn commercfal art de estgning in gene:neral This new mode of life seemed toconfor to his actfv nat ere h $ould doas he pleased. Many tfmes he had remarked aboutstartingarar 00k sho along witha handmade papermill, and here, o {<qufred Orange County property;he wasat lfberty tocarryo hfsmos atent desfres. Stnce his deepestfnterest wa fn th making o Pipenmostl through hisexperfencesin London, heconstructed hismfl fhere. The fine old house was locate f a hollow almos ¢avily wooded hils;a well-supplie stream witha nine foot dam wa ;;"L'Y»methempofah(ll the rear of the house, he could view th udson River, and beyond, the Fishkill Mounta pert wa g;; sely what h had been contemplating:literall a artfst' dream §htirel secluded froma D (nterferences that were of fensivet ould carry out hisambition to butld a handmade paperconeoto make paper, type and books in the manner of the fifteent Sty His ultimate goal was to produce a book completely by han o beginning toend by s original one-story house o native stone wasconstructed fn 1714 2 Spanish Jew named Lufs Moses Gomez. He erected {t as a tradin walls three feet thick. He wasan Indfan trader, using his for% this purpose, {n time becoming wealthy and highly respected a B hzehedmdm house tn the United States to have been buflt by a Jew clean.sh data import.tsv out README discus Fathe ha writ Digital image © 2005 Marriott Library University of Utah, All rihts reserved |