Chittenden, George

Name/Title

Chittenden, George

Description

* * b. dec, 1776 , d. Nov. 28 1845 in Stockport.  Fowler Chittenden and other CT Lines. 1. 'now the residence and store of A. Behrens'...'carried on his business here for some years'.  Stephen B. Miller, Sketches of Hudson, pg. 64. 2.  "In 1802 Ezra Sampson, George Chittenden and Harry Croswell started a newspaper in Hudson, "The Balance and Columbian Repository",   and to supply their press, Chitttenden  purchased a  one-vat paper-mill...    A few years later he went to Stockport to build a second mill which he operated from 1810 until his death in 1845, his sons carrying on after him. Lyman Horace Weeks, A History of Paper-making in America.

Also Known As

George Chittenden

Biographical Information

Occupation

Bookbinder and Paper Maker  "Chittenden Mills"