News
Events
Blogs
American paper mills, 1690-1832 : a directory of the paper trade, with notes on products, watermarks, distribution methods, and manufacturing techniques /
Unprecedented in size and scope, this directory describes more than 500 paper mills on the basis of census records, archival sources, local histories, and watermark evidence. It traces economic developments and technological changes in the American paper trade from the colonial period to the industr...
Saved in:
| Main Author: | |
|---|---|
| Corporate Authors: | , |
| Format: | Book |
| Language: | English |
| Published: |
Hanover, N.H. : Worchester, Mass. :
Dartmouth College Press ; in association with the American Antiquarian Society,
©2013.
|
| Subjects and Genres: | |
| Online Access: | The Edward Potts Cheyney Memorial Fund Home Page |
| Tags: |
Add Tag
No Tags, Be the first to tag this record!
|
Table of Contents:
- Acknowledgments vii
- Abbreviations and Sources ix
- Introduction xxv
- Sources xxviii
- Organizing Principles xxxii
- Manufacturing Methods xxxiii
- Distribution and Sales xli
- Products xlii
- Productivity xliv
- Papermaking Machines xlvi
- The Growth of the Papermaking Business liii
- Career Opportunities lx
- Watermarks lxvi
- Notes lxxx
- 1 Pennsylvania 1 (84) ; 2 Massachusetts 85 (50) ; 3 New Jersey 135 (22) ; 4 Maine 157 (5) ; 5 Virginia 162 (4) ; 6 Rhode Island 166 (5) ; 7 Connecticut 171 (25) ; 8 New York 196 (28) ; 9 Maryland 224 (12) ; 10 North Carolina 236 (3) ; 11 New Hampshire 239 (9) ; 12 Vermont 248 (15) ; 13 Delaware 263 (12) ; 14 Kentucky 275 (9) ; 15 District of Columbia 284 (2) ; 16 South Carolina 286 (2) ; 17 Ohio 288 (8) ; 18 Tennessee 296 (3) ; 19 West Virginia 299 (2) ; 20 Georgia 301 (1) ; 21 Indiana 302 (3)
- Appendix: Wholesale Stationers and Paper Merchants 305 (8)
- Index of Papermakers 313 (18)
- Index of Watermarks: Words and Initials 331 (4)
- Figures 335 (2)
- Subject Index 337