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The Bauman/Bowman family of the Cocalico Valley : printers, papermakers and tavernkeepers

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Author
Spohn, Clarence E.
Date of Publication
c1994
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV, v. 19.
Responsibility
Clarence Edwin Spohn ; translations by Amos B. Hoover.
Author
Spohn, Clarence E.
Place of Publication
Ephrata, PA
Publisher
Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley,
Date of Publication
c1994
Physical Description
[6], 94 p. : ill., facsims. ; 29 cm.
Notes
Issued as: Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley, v. 19 (1994).
Includes appendix of printers' ornaments.
Includes bibliographical references (p. [88-93]).
Summary
This issue features the historical and genealogical record of Ephrata's Bauman/Bowman family beginning with John Bauman (1703-1771) and continuing through the mid-to-late nineteenth century. Also included is an illustrated bibliography of the imprints produced on the printing presses of Ephrata printers John, Samuel and Joseph Bauman, along with an illustrated study of the printer's ornaments used by the Baumans. The journal also includes an account of the Ephrata paper mill operated by Christian Bauman and his sons.
Subjects
Bowman family.
Bauman, John, - 1703-1771 - Family.
Printing - Pennsylvania - Lancaster County.
Printers' marks - Pennsylvania.
Paper industry - Pennsylvania
Additional Author
Hoover, Amos B.
Additional Title
Journal of the Historical Society of the Cocalico Valley.
Location
Lancaster History Library - Book
Call Number
905.748 JHSCV, v. 19.
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