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WORD.326.1
REPOSITORY INFORMATION:
Library of Congress
101 Independence Ave, SE
Washington, D. C., United States, 20540
phone: (202) 707-5000
 DATE: January 31, 1807

WATERMARK INFORMATION:
PRIMARY: NamesWords (IPH KEY: Y)
DIMENSIONS: 43 mm high x 143 mm wide
SECONDARY: "CURTEIS & SON | 1801"
PROCESS: DYLUX

PAPER INFORMATION:
MANUFACTURE: Laid
CHAINS: 24-24-24-23.5-24
PAPERMILL: Carshalton Mills
PAPERMAKER: Curteis & Son(s)
LOCATION: Surrey, England

ARTIFACT INFORMATION:
ARTIFACT: Letter
YEAR OF USE: 1807 Charlottesville, Virginia, United States
REPOSITORY: Library of Congress
SHELFMARK: Box 59, #28911-28912

DATABASE INFORMATION:
RECORD ADDED: 12 November 2004 NO. 3075

GENERAL COMMENTS: Thomas Jefferson, General Correspondence.

NOTE ON THE PAPER: “1787. A watermark CURTEIS & SONS is in Churchill, No. 231. (See Watermark No. 32 in this book.)....In 1789 the paper mill was insured by William, John and Thomas Curteis, paper makers....In 1794 William, John and Thomas Curteis, paper makers, insured the drying lofts etc....By [1800] the leading member of the firm wwas almost certainly Thomas Curteis, who was a master paper maker in 1796....The mill was in his hands after 1800. In 1804 Thomas Curteis, paper maker, insured the drying lofts etc. (Shorter 1957, pp. 236-7).

REFERENCES:
Shorter, Alfred H.. Paper Mills and Paper Makers in England, 1495-1800. Hilversum, 1957.