Joshua Pusey

Joshua Pusey is a Pennsylvania historical marker in Lima, Delaware County, dedicated 1993.

Delaware County · dedicated 1993 · 425 N Middletown Rd. (PA 352), Lima

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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.

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