46 FISHERIES OF THE UNITED STATES. 



GLOUCESTER ISINGLASS & GLUE COMPANY, Gloucester, Massachusetts: 

 Exhibit of Liquid Isinglass, etc. — Continued. 



No. 7. Show case or frame, with rolls of colored isinglass made from the 

 skins of Cod and Cusk. 



Nos. 8 and 9. Samples of Cod and Cusk isinglass made from the skins. It 

 is used in very large quantities in the United States for the 

 manufacture of court- plaster. We are supplying all the manu- 

 facturers, and they produce no less than $50,000 worth of goods 

 a year. 



No. 10. Samples of dry fish glue made from Haddock, Hake, and Pollock 

 skins. 



No. 11. Samples of liquid isinglass or glue used for gummed paper labels 

 and envelopes, from Cod skins. 



No. 12. Sample of liquid isinglass, for the same use, made from Cusk 

 skins. 



No. 13. Sample of liquid isinglass made from Hake skins. 



No. 14. Sample of liquid isinglass made from Haddock skins. 



No. 15. Sample of liquid isinglass made from Pollock skins. 



No. 16. Sample of our mucilage made from fish skins, for office and express 

 uses. 



No. 17. Sample book of gummed paper from the Dennison Manufacturing 

 Company of Boston, Massachusetts, U. S. A. This was gummed 

 with liquid isinglass. 10,000 reams of paper were used in the 

 United States last year. The isinglass and labor on same would 

 amount to $25,000, and the paper would cost as much more. 

 After this it goes to the printer and is worked up into all kinds 

 of labels, &c. E. W. Dennison, president Dennison Manufactur- 

 ing Company, No. 19 Milk street, Boston, says: "We have used 

 the liquid glue manufactured by the Gloucester Isinglass and 

 Glue Company for the past six or seven years, and have found 

 it constantly improving. We do not know of any substitute 

 equal to it." 



No. 18. Sample of scrap book wherein our liquid isinglass is used, from D. 

 Slote & Co., of New York. They say: " Gentlemen: We take 

 pleasure in bearing testimony to the excellent quality of the 

 liquid isinglass manufactured by you under John S. Rogers' 

 Patent Process. We have used it extensively and find it a very 

 superior article.— Daniel Slote & Co., Blank Book Manufactur- 

 ers, William street, New York." 



No. 19. Sample of leather belting wherein our dry isinglass or glue is used. 

 Messrs. I. B. Williams & Son, of Dover, New Hampshire, say : 

 ' ' We have used your isinglass in cement for our leather belting 

 for the last five or six years, and find it superior to anything we 

 ever used." 



No. 20. Sample of sheet glue dried in pans, used in the manufacture of leather 

 belting. 



No. 21. Samples of card belting from parties that use our liquid isinglass. 



No. 22. Sample of court-plaster from some of our customers. Dr. C. B. Rob- 

 bins, of Worcester, Massachusetts, U. S. A., says: "We have used 

 your isinglass, dry and liquid, for nearly seven years, and it is 

 the best manufactured isinglass with which we are acquainted. 

 It is satisfactory in every respect." A. S. Knights & Co., Boston, 

 Massachusetts, U. S. A., say: " Having used your isinglass in the 

 manufacture of our goods for the past six years, we consider it 



