Wissahickon Paper Mill

Photograph

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Historic Germantown

Name/Title

Wissahickon Paper Mill

Entry/Object ID

2013.34.8.179

Description

Page 179 of the Edwin C. Jellett Scrapbook, The Wissahickon, Volume VIII, From Indian Rock to City Line. A typescript history of the Wissahickon Paper Mill, 1731-1884. There are two photograph images of the mill, a list of owners (William DeWees Sr., William Dewees Jr., Mathias maris, Peter Kock, J. Johnson, Nicholas Hasselbach, Joseph Paul 3rd, Joseph Paul 4th, John Wise Jr, Isaac Shoemaker, Bank of Germantown, Charles Magarge, and Fairmount Park) , a discussion of dealings with Benjamin Franklin, and an image of a stained glass window at St. Michael's Chapel, Cathedral Church of Christ, Roxboruogh with watermarks of the paper makers. [P. 178 is blank.]

Collection

GHS Scrapbook Collection