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Appleton's Cyclopedia of American Biography, edited by James Grant Wilson, John Fiske and Stanley L. Klos. Six volumes, New York: D. Appleton and Company, 1887-1889 and StanKlos.com 1999. Virtualology.com warns that these 19th Century biographies contain errors and bias. We rely on volunteers to edit the historic biographies on a continual basis. If you would like to edit this biography please submit a rewritten biography in text form . If acceptable, the new biography will be published above the 19th Century Appleton's Cyclopedia Biography citing the volunteer editor.



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George West

WEST, George, manufacturer, born in Devonshire, England, 17 February, 1823. He served an apprenticeship of six years at his father's business of paper-making, and has been engaged in the same business with great success in this country ever since he arrived in 1849. He soon became manager of a paper-mill in Berkshire county, Massachusetts, where he made the first water-lined paper that was manufactured in the United States. In 1860 he went to Ballston, New York, where he has since resided. He is the owner of nine paper-mills, with additional business interests in England and New York city. He owns "The Daily Saratogian" and several other newspapers in central New York. Mr. West was a member of the general assembly of the state of New York from 1872 till 1876, inclusive, and has been a member of congress since 1881. He was also a delegate to the Republican national conventions of 1880 and 1884. He presented the Round Lake association with a handsome building equipped with curiosities and specimens at a cost of $18,000, and called the George West museum of art and archaeology, which was dedicated, 12 July, 1887.

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