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Fort Stanwix Orderly Book

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

 

Conserving the Orderly Book: Steps 10-12

Torn page

Step 10

Tears in the paper are mended with laboratory prepared wheat starch paste and thin, but strong, handmade tissue (torn page above).

Mended page

Step 11

(Mended page above).

Weight is applied to the pages

Step 12

Weight is then applied so the mends will dry flat.

Steps 13-15 »

 
Author: Harpers Ferry Center
Last Updated: Wednesday, 13-Apr-2005 17:38:27 Eastern Daylight Time
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