Beginning in 1846, Richard Cross began designing and crafting elegantly tooled gold and silver casings for wooden pencils in Lincoln, what would later be a suburb of Providence, Rhode Island. The ensuing decades witnessed significant milestones in the history of writing instruments: Twenty-one patents were issued to Cross; and the business was passed on to his son, Alonzo T., whence the officially registered company name of A. T. Cross ... read more >>
