. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. worthy ; (Greatrake was the father of Eliza our Uncle Franklin's first wife.) When I made my report to Mr. Mathews, who knew the information I wanted to get from Mr. Dickinson, he seemed a good deal put out. The next evening he told me that Mr. Dickinson had called on him and he thought it probable that I would hear from him, which I did in the shape of an invitation to dine with him, pot luck, as his family were at their house at Brighton. I felt like declining but Mathews insisted on my going. He [Dickinson] had his wife up
. Bulletin - United States National Museum. Science. worthy ; (Greatrake was the father of Eliza our Uncle Franklin's first wife.) When I made my report to Mr. Mathews, who knew the information I wanted to get from Mr. Dickinson, he seemed a good deal put out. The next evening he told me that Mr. Dickinson had called on him and he thought it probable that I would hear from him, which I did in the shape of an invitation to dine with him, pot luck, as his family were at their house at Brighton. I felt like declining but Mathews insisted on my going. He [Dickinson] had his wife up from Brighton for the night and gave me a pressing invitation to accompany her to Brighton, which I declined. After breaking bread with him he was an entirely different man from what I found in his office and during the remainder of my stay in London I had much more attention from him than I supposed so busy a man could give. I received all the information I wanted as to his cast iron drying cylinders, including drawings he had made for me of what was then his monopoly, machines and dryers for what he called enamelled plate paper. At the time I was in England there were not more than a dozen of the complete machines in use. I only visited three of the mills. Though invited, I did not get the opportunity of visiting the Dickinson mills. I was indebted to Mr. Dickinson for much information and kindly advice, and it was a great satisfaction to have met on so friendly terms these two great inventors. [38] I cannot with certainty fix the time of my first visit to York, Pa. when I was shown the room that Grand- father worked in when facing and making molds for the Continental Government, and the Old King paper mill on the Codorus Creek at York, an ante- Revolutionary Mill at the time of my visit being carried on by George King, who I think was a son of the original They were old customers of N. & D. Sellers. The object of my visit was to plan the changes and to giv
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