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bobbieinok

(12,858 posts) Thu Mar 21, 2019, 02:53 PM Mar 2019

When did paper become something ordinary people have easy access to?

Have been reading historical novels set in 19th century UK and US.

Someone asks for paper to write a letter. Getting a sheet of paper takes time, and only one is handed over.

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When did paper become something ordinary people have easy access to? (Original Post) bobbieinok Mar 2019 OP

It took rather a long time. PoindexterOglethorpe Mar 2019 #1

PoindexterOglethorpe

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1. It took rather a long time.

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Thu Mar 21, 2019, 03:16 PM

Mar 2019

Read Paper: Paging Through History by Mark Kurlansky

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