MANUFACTURE OF PAPER.
Paper, says Dr. Blair, was first made in England at a mill erected in Dartford in 1588 by a German of the name of Speillman; from which period we may, perhaps, date its manufacture in that country. It appears, however, that it was known in the East much earlier; it being observed that most of- the ancient manuscripts in Arabic and other Oriental languages, were written upon a cotton paper, and it is thought the Saracens first introduced it into Spain. Anderson, in his "History of Commerce," says that until the year 1690 there was scarcely" any paper made in England but the coarse brown sort. Paper was previously imported from France, Genoa and Holland. However, the improvement of this article in England in consequence of the French War, produced a saving to the country of £100,000 annually, which had been paid to France for paper alone.
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Hutt News, Volume 6, Issue 6, 17 June 1927, Page 8
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