Name/Title
The WissahickonEntry/Object ID
2013.34.3.51a-cDescription
The Edwin C. Jellett Series of Scrapbooks, Volume 3 -The Wissahickon
Page 51 contains three newspaper clippings:
(a, all of left column and top half of 2nd column) is entitled "Old Paper MIll is Relic of Past." The article (date and author unknown) cites the Rittenhouse Paper Mill as a relic of the past still standing in the Wissahickon Valley. The article details the history of the mill with dates and personages associated with the mill over the years.
(b, bottom half of 2nd column and top half of 3rd column) This article is entiled " First Paper Mill in America Built Near Philadelphia." This article is another reiteration of the history of the Rittenhouse Paper MIll.
(c, bottom half of 3rd column and all of 4th column) This article is entitled "The Man on the Corner" and has a pencil notation of 1919. The article mentions the placement of a marker dedicated to William Rittenhouse in the Germantown Mennonite burial grounds as the first in Philadelphia erected with the asistance of the Pennsylvania Historical Commission. The article also contains a short history of the Commission and its work. The article concludes with a short history of the career of William Rittenhouse as a paper maker in America, a career apart from his association with the Mennonite religion. (This article continues on scrapbook page 52).Collection
GHS Scrapbook CollectionMade/Created
Date made
1900 - 1910Notes
Creation Date: 1919
