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The First Use of Paper in Holland

1322 to 1346

"Usually given as the date of the first use of paper in Holland. According to J. H. Stroppelaar (Het Papier in de Nedelanden Gedurende de Middeleuwen, Inzonderheid in Zeeland, Middelburg, 1869), the oldest paper found in the archives of Holland is dated 1346, and is preserved at The Hague" (Hunter, Papermaking: The History and Technique of an Ancient Craft, 2nd ed [1947] 474).

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