manufacture of whetstones at least as early as the 1780's. Samuel Bond and Com- pany erected a whetstone manufactory in Lancaster about 1787. Their product, ad- vertised as "The American Whetstone," was produced from a bluish rock forma- tion found in the upper Susquehanna Valley. The favorable response of

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grinding of various substances such as grain, flaxseed, and plaster, but also the sawing of lumber, the breaking of hemp and flax, and the carding of wool and cotton. So defined, the mill industries of Lancaster County prior to 1840 were both numerous and varied. The local sources include references to the

EARLY MANUFACTURING IN LANCASTER COUNTY: 1710-1840 (PART 3, CHAPTER V) METAL, LEATHER, AND WOOD CRAFTS FREDERICK HUBLEY , COPPERSMITH, in the Borough of Lan- caster, makes all sorts of COPPER and BRASS WARE, in the neatest and best manner . . . in Queenstreet Lancaster, viz. STILLS, brewers