Mt. Vernon Textile Company Advertisement (late 1800s)

ID: 260 ~ Source: Baltimore County Public Library, 1621006. ~ Creator: John McGrain ~ Date: Late 19th c.
This file appears in: Mount Vernon Mill No. 1
Mt. Vernon Textile Company Advertisement (late 1800s)

Engraved advertising or letterhead for the Mt. Vernon Textile Company showing vignettes of Mt. Vernon Mills No. 1 and 3; the Phoenix Mill; and Mt. Vernon Mill No. 4.

This file appears in: Mount Vernon Mill No. 1

By Kyle Fisher
Mill No. 1 sits on the site of Laurel Mill, a late 18th-century flour mill originally owned by prominent businessman and abolitionist Elisha Tyson. In 1849, the newly chartered Mount Vernon Company built a textile mill on the site. Mill No. 1 stood…