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To: markomalley
Parchment isn't paper. The Constitution is done on parchment.

/johnny

7 posted on 12/07/2015 6:50:45 PM PST by JRandomFreeper (gone Galt)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Learn something new everyday.


11 posted on 12/07/2015 6:51:54 PM PST by SWAMP-C1PHER (HOMO, OECONOMIA, ET CIVITAS.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

Always good to hear from Johnny

“Parchment has traditionally been used instead of paper for important documents such as religious texts, public laws, indentures, and land records as it has always been considered a strong and stable material. The five pages of the U.S. Constitution as well as the Declaration of Independence, the Bill of Rights, and the Articles of Confederation are written on parchment.”


18 posted on 12/07/2015 6:56:05 PM PST by stanne
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To: JRandomFreeper

I’ve seen it in person. It’s BIG. It also kind of choked me up a little.


28 posted on 12/07/2015 7:08:32 PM PST by Riley (The Fourth Estate is the Fifth Column.)
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To: JRandomFreeper

We should be glad it isn’t actually on hemp paper or some lefty would have rolled’er up and smoked’er down by now.


56 posted on 12/07/2015 9:41:19 PM PST by Rurudyne (Standup Philosopher)
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