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END OF THE PARTNERSHIP The partnership between Sampson Mordan and Gabriel Riddle was dissolved at the end of 1836. It is not known what caused the split. On 4 January 1837, Sampson Mordan re-entered his mark, alone, from the Castle Street address and on 2 February Gabriel Riddle followed suit, giving his address as 172 Blackfriars Road. After which both parties then started production on their own account and advertised energetically and competively their high quality pencils.
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1 Announcement in The Courier 19 January 1837 of the end of the Mordan and Riddle partnership. 2 A later advertisement in The Courier 4 March 1837 detailing the products offered by Gabriel Riddle after his split with Sampson Mordan.
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