Coarse paper, made out of the Horse chesnut wood by Mr. Pitcher, near New Lancaster, state of Ohio

Object Status:

Unlocated

Primary Source Reference:

Peale Museum Accessions Book, Historical Society of Pennsylvania, p. 57

Notes:

See John Bidwell, American Paper Mills, 1690-1832: A Directory of the Paper Trade (Hanover, N.H., 1913), p. 292 for the papermill of the brothers Abraham and Rudolph Pitcher.