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Esterbrook was founded in 1856 in Camden in New Jersey, by ''Richard Esterbrook'', a Cornish Quaker, who was an immigrant in the United States. He was a stationery, and had assisted to the move from goose pen down to steel nibs. Foretelling a great opportunity in the United States nib market expansion he took five English craftsmen (by the John Mitchell firm of Birmingham) and then start producing steel nibs in the U.S.A.  

Esterbrook was founded in 1856 in Camden in New Jersey, by ''Richard Esterbrook'', a Cornish Quaker, who was an immigrant in the United States. He was a stationery, and had assisted to the move from goose pen down to steel nibs. Foretelling a great opportunity in the United States nib market expansion he took five English craftsmen (by the John Mitchell firm of Birmingham) and then start producing steel nibs in the U.S.A.  

[[File:Esterbrook-J-model-Green-Open.jpg|left|thumb|100px|Una [[Esterbrook]] modello [[Esterbrook J|J]] ]]

[[File:Esterbrook-J-model-Green-Open.jpg|left|thumb|100px|An [[Esterbrook J]] model]]

L'azienda operò per i primi due anni con il nome di ''United States Steel Pen Manufacturing Company'', per diventare nel 1858 la ''Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company''. Le attività ebbero un grande successo tanto che alla fine del 1900 essa era considerata, insieme alla ''Perry & Co.'' (più nota come ''Osmiroid'') il principale produttore di pennini del mondo. Nel 1896 l'azienda si lanciò sul mercato inglese  

L'azienda operò per i primi due anni con il nome di ''United States Steel Pen Manufacturing Company'', per diventare nel 1858 la ''Esterbrook Steel Pen Manufacturing Company''. Le attività ebbero un grande successo tanto che alla fine del 1900 essa era considerata, insieme alla ''Perry & Co.'' (più nota come ''Osmiroid'') il principale produttore di pennini del mondo. Nel 1896 l'azienda si lanciò sul mercato inglese