don't forget my favorite resource: the Web! In just a few minutes I
discovered a list serv for the discussion of iron-gall ink!
check it out:
http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/ink/html/discus.html
It is part of the Iron Gall Ink Corrosion Website. Somebody there HAS to be
able to answer this question. http://www.knaw.nl/ecpa/ink/index.html
A discussion list has been established simultaneously with the website to
exchange
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provides a
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developments.
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At 11:33 AM 12/9/1999 -0800, you wrote:
>It is possible that household receipt books (printed or manuscript) of the
>period would include recipes for making ink.
>
>
>At 05:43 1999/12/09 -0800, you wrote:
>> We've had a question from a patron about the source of iron-gall ink.
>>Specifically, the patron wants to know if the ink that Thomas Jefferson
>>used for his architectural drawings was made in the U.S. I've checked our
>>Jefferson documents and several standard works on his architectural
>>drawings and couldn't turn up anything. The few works we have on ink are
>>about printing ink. I've also talked to Terry Belanger, who said that
>>given the simplicity of the technology it is likely that the ink could have
>>been made locally.
>>
>> So, does anyone have a treatise on American iron-gall ink lying around?
>>Or any suggestions for where I could do some additional research?
>>
>>
>>Thanks in advance,
>>
>>-------------
>>Edward Gaynor
>>Associate Director, Special Collections
>>Alderman Memorial Library
>>University of Virginia
>>Charlottesville, VA 22903
>>(804) 924-3138
>>(804) 924-4968 fax
>>gaynor@virginia.edu
>>
>>
>Alexandra Mason
>alxmason@ukans.edu
>
>