Ogden Daily Standard | 1918-03-16 | Page 26 | Our First Paper Mill

Our First Paper Mill rriHE first paper mill in this country was started by. WHium Bradford at Cormantown, Pa., in 1690. it was known as Iho Pvittenhouso Mill, and, of course, tho paper was ma3o by hand' tho first machine for the purpose being invented in 1799 by a' Frenchman, French-man, Louis Robert. Tho invention of paper Is attributed to a Chinaman named T'sai Lun, who is said to havo mado it from bark, hemp, rags and old fish-nets in tho year 105 A. D. Six centuries later tho Arabs captured the Chineso city of Samarkand, and there learned tho art of paper-making.