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American paper mills, 1690-1832 : a directory of the paper trade, with notes on products, watermarks, distribution methods, and manufacturing techniques

Title
American paper mills, 1690-1832 : a directory of the paper trade, with notes on products, watermarks, distribution methods, and manufacturing techniques / John Bidwell.
Author
Bidwell, John, 1949-
Publication
  • Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press ; Worchester, Massachusetts : In association with the American Antiquarian Society, [2013]
  • ©2013

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Additional Authors
  • Bornstein, Dean
  • Dartmouth College Press, publisher.
  • American Antiquarian Society, publisher.
Description
lxxxvi, 340 pages : illustrations, maps; 27 cm
Summary
"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 industrial era, with special reference to its close connections with the printing business, which depended on local sources of supply for newsprint, book paper, and plate paper for engraved illustrations. Newly discovered and reattributed watermarks make it possible to identify these products and provide a more reliable means of dating and localizing works on paper. This fully documented survey of paper mills also contains biographical information about members of the trade and a succinct history of papermaking in America with essays on manufacturing methods, mechanization, business practices, and distribution networks"--
Subject
  • Papermaking > United States > Directories
  • Papermaking > United States > History
  • Papermaking > United States > Anecdotes
  • Paper mills > United States > Directories
  • Paper mills > United States > History
  • Watermarks > United States > History
  • Paper mills
  • Papermaking
  • United States
Genre/Form
Typefaces (Type evidence) – Bulmer.
Note
  • "Designed by Dean Bornstein. Typeset in Bulmer by Integrated Publishing Solutions"--Title page verso.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Binding (note)
  • Publisher's dark brown cloth with black panel on front cover.
Call Number
*KAB 15-9
ISBN
  • 9781584659648 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 1584659645 (cloth : alk. paper)
  • 9781611683165 (ebook)
  • 1611683165 (ebook)
LCCN
  • 2012027182
  • 40022033935
OCLC
785870468
Author
Bidwell, John, 1949- author.
Title
American paper mills, 1690-1832 : a directory of the paper trade, with notes on products, watermarks, distribution methods, and manufacturing techniques / John Bidwell.
Publisher
Hanover, New Hampshire : Dartmouth College Press ; Worchester, Massachusetts : In association with the American Antiquarian Society, [2013]
Copyright Date
©2013
Type of Content
text
still image
Type of Medium
unmediated
Type of Carrier
volume
Bibliography
Includes bibliographical references and indexes.
Binding
Publisher's dark brown cloth with black panel on front cover.
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Place of Publication
United States New Hampshire Hanover.
United States Massachusetts Worchester.
Added Author
Bornstein, Dean, book designer.
Dartmouth College Press, publisher.
American Antiquarian Society, publisher.
Other Standard Identifier
40022033935
Research Call Number
*KAB 15-9
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