The first packaged toilet paper products specifically made for bathroom clean-ups were designed in 1857 by Joseph Gayetty, a New York entrepreneur. He manufactured flat sheets medicated with aloe that he claimed would prevent hemorrhoids.
Likewise, where did Joseph Gayetty make toilet paper?
A. The consensus is that toilet paper was first commercially produced about 1857 by Joseph C. Gayetty, who sold flat sheets of ”Gayetty’s medicated paper for the water closet,” for the fairly expensive price of 1,000 sheets for a dollar out of his shop at 41 Ann Street in Lower Manhattan.