| America’s oldest
manufacturer of fine writing
instruments was established
in 1846 by Richard Cross in
Providence, Rhode Island.
Cross was a highly skilled pen
and pencil maker who
eventually passed his
knowledge on to his son,
Alonzo Townsend Cross.
With more than 21 registered
patents, the A.T. Cross
Company soon developed and
marketed many “firsts” in the
field of writing instruments.
These would include the
propel-repel mechanical
pencil, a forerunner of today’s
mechanical pencil, and the
Stylographic pen, the
precursor of the ballpoint pen
by more than 70 years.
Cross is now headquartered
in Lincoln, RI. Cross writing
instruments are distributed in
more than 140 foreign
markets. |
