Fort Stanwix Orderly Book

The Orderly Book of Major John Grahm's Company of the 1st New York Regiment

Conserving the Orderly Book: Steps 1-3

Step 1

When Fort Stanwix National Monument received the Orderly Book of Major John Grahm’s Company of the 1st New York Regiment, it was in poor condition. Half of the front cover was missing, some of the leather from the spine was detached...

TABLE OF CONTENTS:

Artifact Conservation »

TREATMENT:

Steps 1-3

Steps 4-6 »

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RELATED LINKS:

Fort Stanwix National Monument »

McDonald & Robertson's Index of Continental Army Orderly Books »

Step 2

... and many pages were dirty, damaged, tattered or torn.

Step 3

The orderly book was sent to the National Park Service paper conservation laboratory in Harpers Ferry, West Virginia, where paper conservators and specialized contractors were engaged to restore the historic artifact.

Steps 4-6 »