Great info
about the history of Manayunk that I need to go back and read. Manayunk Mills is mentioned in Wm. D.
Kartchner’s history as being the place where his father and mother worked (and they lived in Manayunk for a time as well).
Two names
that popped up in the text:
Paul Jones
Apparently
Peter Walover “was
trained in papermaking in America at the Paul Jones Mill in Manayunk after
serving as an indentured servant to Henry Drinker.”
Captain John Towers
Mentioned
in Joseph Price’s diary along with Peter Walover.
His
is a very fascinating history to read – according to the text “Captain John Towers
may justly be considered the pioneer of Manayunk.”
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