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Riga 8: − La [[Esterbrook]] venne fondata nel 1856 a Camden nel New Jersey, da ''Richard Esterbrook'', un quacquero originario della Cornovaglia, che era immigrato negli Stati Uniti. Questi era un negoziante di cancelleria, ed aveva assistito in Inghilterra al passaggio dalla piuma d'oca ai pennini in acciaio. Prevedendo una grande possibilità di espansione del mercato negli Stati Uniti assunse cinque artigiani inglesi (dalla ditta ''John Mitchell'' di Birmingham) e dette avvio alla produzione di pennini negli USA. +
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[[Image:1948-10-Esterbrook.jpg|thumb|A 1948 advertisement]]
[[Image:1948-10-Esterbrook.jpg|thumb|A 1948 advertisement]]
Esterbrook was founded in 1856 in Camden in New Jersey, by ''Richard Esterbrook'', a Cornish Quaker, who was an immigrant in the United States. He was a stationery, and had assisted to the move from goose pen down to steel nibs. Foretelling a great opportunity in the United States nib market expansion he took five English craftsmen (by the John Mitchell firm of Birmingham) and then start producing steel nibs in the U.S.A.
[[File:Esterbrook-J-model-Green-Open.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Una [[Esterbrook]] modello [[Esterbrook J|J]] ]]
[[File:Esterbrook-J-model-Green-Open.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Una [[Esterbrook]] modello [[Esterbrook J|J]] ]]