Joshua Pusey
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Gosffo
N 39° 55.416 W 075° 26.602
18S E 462112 N 4419371
Hey, do you have a match! Pusey invented the paper matchbook!
Waymark Code: WM8H7X
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/03/2010
Views: 5
Marker Text: In 1892, inventor Pusey received a U.S. patent for the paper matchbook. Three years later he sold his patent to the Diamond Match Company, and soon millions of matchbooks were being produced each year. A Civil War veteran and longtime Philadelphia attorney, Pusey was awarded nearly 40 patents during his life. Descendant of an old Quaker family, he lived here at "Maple Linden" after 1889.
Marker Name: Joshua Pusey
County: Delaware
Date Dedicated: 03/27/1993
Marker Type: Roadside
Location: #11 N. Middletown Rd. (Pa. 352), Lima
Category: Business & Industry, Civil War, Invention, Professions & Vocations, Religion
Website: [Web Link]
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