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Show The Intculloa of MccI Puis. Who iutenfed steelpens Twenty j ears ago three men lived who might have answered the question. Two of (hem John Mitchell and Joseph Gillo!(-elled wiUiout imparting im-parting their knowledge ou the sul Jeet. Tho other, Joslah Mason, left on record that Sir. Samuel liar--ri-on made a steel jien for Dr. Priestly about the year I7S0. But it does not appear tint Mr. Harrison had any tiling to do with the manufacture manu-facture of pens by machlneo'i and this question is Involved inns muih oliscurity as Is the Invention of printing, w hich I variously attributed attribut-ed to the Chinese, the French aud German. . |