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    What was the source of the ink used to write the Declaration of Independence?

    Question #81616. Asked by orangeglacier. (Jun 07 07 4:19 AM)


    lanfranco

    		According to one site I checked, the Declaration was written in iron gall ink, very commonly used for around 800 years. It was made by combining ferrous sulfate with tannin extracted from oak galls. A binder, such as gum arabic, was added. This is, unfortunately, an unstable ink that has created many document conservation problems.

    Now, if you're asking exactly which shop sold the bottles of ink in question, or where that shop got its supply, I can't help you:


    http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_gall_ink

    Jun 07 07, 6:52 AM

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