Nathaniel Travis & Son
Nathaniel Travis appeared in Sheffield directories in 1774 and 1787) as a fine pen knife manufacturer at Whitecroft, using the trade mark ‘IN BILBO’. Nathaniel was apparently the son of Joshua Travis and apprenticed to cutler John Sanderson. Nathaniel became a Freeman in 1749. Few details are available on his career, though he was once a member of an association for the prosecution of those who retained runaway apprentices and for the apprehension of such apprentices (Sheffield Register, 2....
